Sigma rule: DHCP Server Error Failed Loading the CallOut DLL

Rule

Title

DHCP Server Error Failed Loading the CallOut DLL

Status

test

Level

high

Author

Dimitrios Slamaris, @atc_project (fix)

Date

2017-05-15

Modified

2022-12-25

File

rules/windows/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_dhcp_server/win_system_susp_dhcp_config_failed.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

This rule detects a DHCP server error in which a specified Callout DLL (in registry) could not be loaded

Log source

product

windows

service

system

Detection

selection:
    EventID:
        - 1031
        - 1032
        - 1034
    Provider_Name: Microsoft-Windows-DHCP-Server
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.persistence
• attack.execution
• attack.stealth
• attack.t1574.001

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1574.001

References

• https://blog.3or.de/mimilib-dhcp-server-callout-dll-injection.html
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc726884(v=ws.10).aspx
• https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/windows/desktop/aa363389(v=vs.85).aspx

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