[metadata] creation_date = "2023/09/27" integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" updated_date = "2024/05/21" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] building_block_type = "default" description = """ Identifies binaries that are loaded and with an invalid code signature. This may indicate an attempt to masquerade as a signed binary. """ from = "now-119m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.library-*"] interval = "60m" language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Image Loaded with Invalid Signature" risk_score = 21 rule_id = "fd9484f2-1c56-44ae-8b28-dc1354e3a0e8" severity = "low" tags = [ "Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Windows", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Defense Evasion", "Rule Type: BBR", "Data Source: Elastic Defend", ] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "eql" query = ''' library where host.os.type == "windows" and event.action == "load" and dll.code_signature.status : ("errorUntrustedRoot", "errorBadDigest", "errorUntrustedRoot") and (dll.Ext.relative_file_creation_time <= 500 or dll.Ext.relative_file_name_modify_time <= 500) and not startswith~(dll.name, process.name) and not dll.path : ( "?:\\Windows\\System32\\DriverStore\\FileRepository\\*" ) ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1036" name = "Masquerading" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/" [[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]] id = "T1036.001" name = "Invalid Code Signature" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/001/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0005" name = "Defense Evasion" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"