HighSigmaHQ Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

New DNS ServerLevelPluginDll Installed

Detects the installation of a DNS plugin DLL via ServerLevelPluginDll parameter in registry, which can be used to execute code in context of the DNS server (restart required)

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Detection requirements

Platform: Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: registry_set

Known benign triggers

Unknown

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
blog.3or.de/hunting-dns-server-level-plugin-dll-injection.html	Unclassified	2
medium.com/@esnesenon/feature-not-bug-dnsadmin-to-dc-compromise-in-one-line-a0f779b8dc83	Unclassified	4from 2 sources

Detection rules

New DNS ServerLevelPluginDll Installed

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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Detection rules