Technique:  Hijack Execution Flow:DLL Search Order Hijacking
It has used search order hijacking to execute malicious payloads, such as Winnti RAT.
It has used DLL search-order hijacking to load exe, dll, and dat files into memory.
Astaroth can launch itself via DLL Search Order Hijacking.
It has executed DLL search order hijacking.
BOOSTWRITE has exploited the loading of the legitimate Dwrite.dll file by actually loading the gdi library, which then loads the gdiplus library and ultimately loads the local Dwrite dll.
Brute Ratel C4 has used search order hijacking to load a malicious payload DLL as a dependency to a benign application packaged in the same ISO.
Chaes has used search order hijacking to load a malicious DLL.
Crutch can persist via DLL search order hijacking on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft OneDrive.
Downdelph uses search order hijacking of the Windows executable sysprep.exe to escalate privileges.
Empire contains modules that can discover and exploit various DLL hijacking opportunities.
It has used the malware variant, TerraTV, to load a malicious DLL placed in the TeamViewer directory, instead of the original Windows DLL located in a system folder.
A FinFisher variant uses DLL search order hijacking.
FoggyWeb's loader has used DLL Search Order Hijacking to load malicious code instead of the legitimate version.dll during the Microsoft.IdentityServer.ServiceHost.exe execution process.
Hikit has used DLL Search Order Hijacking to load oci.dll as a persistence mechanism.
HTTPBrowser abuses the Windows DLL load order by using a legitimate Symantec anti-virus binary, VPDN_LU.exe, to load a malicious DLL that mimics a legitimate Symantec DLL, navlu.dll.
InvisiMole can be launched by using DLL search order hijacking in which the wrapper DLL is placed in the same folder as explorer.exe and loaded during startup into the Windows Explorer process instead of the legitimate library.
Melcoz can use DLL hijacking to bypass security controls.
It has used DLL search order hijacking.
MirageFox is likely loaded via DLL hijacking into a legitimate McAfee binary.
PlugX has the ability to use DLL search order hijacking for installation on targeted systems.
PowerSploit contains a collection of Privesc-PowerUp modules that can discover and exploit DLL hijacking opportunities in services and processes.
Prikormka uses DLL search order hijacking for persistence by saving itself as ntshrui.dll to the Windows directory so it will load before the legitimate ntshrui.dll saved in the System32 subdirectory.
Ramsay can hijack outdated Windows application dependencies with malicious versions of its own DLL payload.
RedLeaves is launched through use of DLL search order hijacking to load a malicious dll.
It has used search order hijacking to force TeamViewer to load a malicious DLL.
It has performed DLL search order hijacking to execute their payload.
It abuses a legitimate and signed Microsoft executable to launch a malicious DLL.
WastedLocker has performed DLL hijacking before execution.
Variants of WEBC2 achieve persistence by using DLL search order hijacking, usually by copying the DLL file to %SYSTEMROOT% (C:\WINDOWS\ntshrui.dll).
It has used search order hijacking to run the loader Vcrodat.