title: Suspicious Load DLL via CertOC.exe
id: 242301bc-f92f-4476-8718-78004a6efd9f
description: Detects when a user installs certificates by using CertOC.exe to loads the target DLL file.
status: experimental
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
date: 2021/10/23
references:
- https://twitter.com/sblmsrsn/status/1445758411803480072?s=20
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\certoc.exe'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '-LoadDLL'
            - '.dll'
    condition: selection
fields:
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1218
level: medium
falsepositives:
- Unknown

