Suspicious Driver/DLL Installation Via Odbcconf.EXE
Detects execution of "odbcconf" with the "INSTALLDRIVER" action where the driver doesn't contain a ".dll" extension. This is often used as a defense evasion method.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Odbcconf/ | 7 |
| web.archive.org/web/20191023232753/https://twitter.com/Hexacorn/status/1187143326673330176 | 3 |
| www.hexacorn.com/blog/2020/08/23/odbcconf-lolbin-trifecta/ | 6 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- cb0fe7c5-f3a3-484d-aa25-d350a7912729
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1