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Unusual Network Connection via RunDLL32

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Unusual Network Connection via RunDLL32

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Identifies unusual instances of rundll32.exe making outbound network connections. This may indicate adversarial activity and may identify malicious DLLs.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Windows

Version: 5 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.1

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License

Rule query

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event.category:network and event.type:connection and
process.name:rundll32.exe and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or
172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 or 127.0.0.0/8)

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

Rule version history

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Version 5 (7.9.1 release)
  • Formatting only
Version 4 (7.9.0 release)

  • Updated query, changed from:

    process.name:rundll32.exe and event.action:"Network connection
detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or
172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 or 127.0.0.0/8)
Version 3 (7.8.0 release)

  • Updated query, changed from:

    process.name:rundll32.exe and event.action:"Network connection
detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or
172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16)
Version 2 (7.7.0 release)

  • Updated query, changed from:

    process.name:rundll32.exe and event.action:"Network connection
detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and not destination.ip:10.0.0.0/8 and
not destination.ip:172.16.0.0/12 and not destination.ip:192.168.0.0/16
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