Sigma rule: Application Whitelisting Bypass via DLL Loaded by odbcconf.exe

Rule

Title

Application Whitelisting Bypass via DLL Loaded by odbcconf.exe

Status

deprecated

Level

medium

Author

Kirill Kiryanov, Beyu Denis, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community

Date

2019/10/25

Modified

2023/05/22

File

deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_odbcconf_susp_exec.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects defence evasion attempt via odbcconf.exe execution to load DLL

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_1_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\odbcconf.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'odbcconf.exe'
selection_1_cli:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - '-a'
        - '-f'
        - '/a'
        - '/f'
        - 'regsvr'
selection_2_parent:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\odbcconf.exe'
selection_2_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'RUNDLL32.EXE'
condition: all of selection_1_* or all of selection_2_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Legitimate use of odbcconf.exe by legitimate user

Tags

• attack.defense_evasion
• attack.t1218.008

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1218.008

References

• https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Odbcconf/
• https://twitter.com/Hexacorn/status/1187143326673330176
• https://redcanary.com/blog/raspberry-robin/
• https://github.com/elastic/protections-artifacts/commit/746086721fd385d9f5c6647cada1788db4aea95f#diff-94a1964b682707e4e3f77dd61a3bfface5401d08d8cf81145f388e09614aceca

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_odbcconf_susp_exec.yml