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[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/10/28"
integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "m365_defender", "sentinel_one_cloud_funnel"]
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2025/01/15"
min_stack_version = "8.14.0"
min_stack_comments = "Breaking change at 8.14.0 for the Windows Integration."
[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies the creation, change, or deletion of a DLL module within a Windows SxS local folder. Adversaries may abuse
shared modules to execute malicious payloads by instructing the Windows module loader to load DLLs from arbitrary local
paths.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.file-*", "logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*", "endgame-*", "logs-m365_defender.event-*", "logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Execution via local SxS Shared Module"
note = """## Triage and analysis
The SxS DotLocal folder is a legitimate feature that can be abused to hijack standard modules loading order by forcing an executable on the same application.exe.local folder to load a malicious DLL module from the same directory.
"""
references = ["https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-link-library-redirection"]
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "a3ea12f3-0d4e-4667-8b44-4230c63f3c75"
severity = "medium"
tags = [
"Domain: Endpoint",
"OS: Windows",
"Use Case: Threat Detection",
"Tactic: Execution",
"Data Source: Elastic Endgame",
"Data Source: Elastic Defend",
"Data Source: Sysmon",
"Data Source: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint",
"Data Source: SentinelOne",
"Resources: Investigation Guide",
]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "eql"
query = '''
file where host.os.type == "windows" and file.extension : "dll" and file.path : "C:\\*\\*.exe.local\\*.dll"
'''
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1129"
name = "Shared Modules"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1129/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0002"
name = "Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"