Potentially Suspicious Regsvr32 HTTP IP Pattern
Detects regsvr32 execution to download and install DLLs located remotely where the address is an IP address.
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
- FQDNs that start with a number such as "7-Zip"
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/Regsvr32/ | 4from 2 sources |
| twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1461041276514623491 | 3 |
| twitter.com/tccontre18/status/1480950986650832903 | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 2dd2c217-bf68-437a-b57c-fe9fd01d5de8
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1