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Windows BitDefender Submission Wizard DLL Sideloading

Detects DLL side-loading of Bitdefender Submission Wizard (BDSubmit.exe, bdsw.exe, or renamed BluetoothService.exe) when a malicious log.dll is loaded from a non-standard path via Sysmon ImageLoad events.

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Detection requirements

Platform: Linux macOS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source category: sysmon_eventid_7

Known benign triggers

Legitimate Bitdefender installations loading log.dll from Program Files are excluded. Allowlist known paths as needed.

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
attack.mitre.org/groups/G0065/	Taxonomy	2
attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/002/	Taxonomy	4
www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr-chrysalis-backdoor-dive-into-lotus-blossoms-toolkit/	Unclassified	7from 2 sources

Detection rules

Windows BitDefender Submission Wizard DLL Sideloading

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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