Sigma rule: Diagnostic Library Sdiageng.DLL Loaded By Msdt.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-c4b29d582fbb, updated 2023-02-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Diagnostic Library Sdiageng.DLL Loaded By Msdt.EXE
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Greg (rule)
Date
2022-06-17
Modified
2023-02-17
File
rules/windows/image_load/image_load_dll_sdiageng_load_by_msdt.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects both of CVE-2022-30190 (Follina) and DogWalk vulnerabilities exploiting msdt.exe binary to load the "sdiageng.dll" library

Log source

product
windows
category
image_load

Detection

selection:
    Image|endswith: '\msdt.exe'
    ImageLoaded|endswith: '\sdiageng.dll'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1202
  • cve.2022-30190

CVEs this rule names

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

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/image_load/image_load_dll_sdiageng_load_by_msdt.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Diagnostic Library Sdiageng.DLL Loaded By Msdt.EXE" by Greg (rule) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/image_load/image_load_dll_sdiageng_load_by_msdt.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Diagnostic Library Sdiageng.DLL Loaded By Msdt.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-c4b29d582fbb, updated 2023-02-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/ec8c4047-fad9-416a-8c81-0f479353d7f6 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule ec8c4047-fad9-416a-8c81-0f479353d7f6, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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