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