title: Possible Application Whitelisting Bypass via dll loaded by odbcconf.exe
id: 65d2be45-8600-4042-b4c0-577a1ff8a60e
description: Detects defence evasion attempt via odbcconf.exe execution to load DLL
status: experimental
references:
    - https://github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/blob/master/yml/OSBinaries/Odbcconf.yml
    - https://twitter.com/Hexacorn/status/1187143326673330176
author: Kirill Kiryanov, Beyu Denis, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
date: 2019/10/25
modified: 2019/11/07
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_1:
        Image|endswith: '\odbcconf.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: 
            - '-f'
            - 'regsvr'
    selection_2:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\odbcconf.exe'
        Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
    condition: selection_1 or selection_2
level: medium
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use of odbcconf.exe by legitimate user