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MediumSigmaHQ Harjot Singh @cyb3rjy0t

Uncommon Child Process Spawned By Odbcconf.EXE

Detects an uncommon child process of "odbcconf.exe" binary which normally shouldn't have any child processes.

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

In rare occurrences where "odbcconf" crashes. It might spawn a "werfault" process
Other child processes will depend on the DLL being registered by actions like "regsvr". In case where the DLLs have external calls (which should be rare). Other child processes might spawn and additional filters need to be applied.

References

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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
medium.com/@cyberjyot/t1218-008-dll-execution-using-odbcconf-exe-803fa9e08dac	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it

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