title: Suspicious Load DLL via CertOC.exe
id: 242301bc-f92f-4476-8718-78004a6efd9f
status: experimental
description: Detects when a user installs certificates by using CertOC.exe to loads the target DLL file.
references:
    - https://twitter.com/sblmsrsn/status/1445758411803480072?s=20
    - https://github.com/elastic/protections-artifacts/commit/746086721fd385d9f5c6647cada1788db4aea95f#diff-fe98e74189873d6df72a15df2eaa0315c59ba9cdaca93ecd68afc4ea09194ef2
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Certoc/
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
date: 2021/10/23
modified: 2022/10/24
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\certoc.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'CertOC.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' -LoadDLL '
            - ' /LoadDLL '
    condition: all of selection*
fields:
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium