HighSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Potentially Suspicious DLL Registered Via Odbcconf.EXE

Detects execution of "odbcconf" with the "REGSVR" action where the DLL in question doesn't contain a ".dll" extension. Which is often used as a method to evade defenses.

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

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/odbc/odbcconf-exe?view=sql-server-ver16	Product documentation	6
lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Odbcconf/	Tool	7
www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/17/h/backdoor-carrying-emails-set-sights-on-russian-speaking-businesses.html	Threat report	4

Detection rules

Potentially Suspicious DLL Registered Via Odbcconf.EXE

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

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Detection rules