Query: detect Detects loading of "credui.dll" and related DLLs by an uncommon process. Attackers might leverage this DLL for potential in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects loading of "credui.dll" and related DLLs by an uncommon process. Attackers might leverage this DLL for potential. Logsource: windows / image_load. Rule: title: CredUI.DLL Loaded By Uncommon Process id: 9ae01559-cf7e-4f8e-8e14-4c290a1b4784 status: test description: Detects loading of "credui.dll" and related DLLs by an uncommon process. Attackers might leverage this DLL for potential use of "CredUIPromptForCredentials" or "CredUnPackAuthenticationBufferW". references: - https://securitydatasets.com/notebooks/atomic/windows/credential_access/SDWIN-201020013208.html - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1056.002/T1056.002.md#atomic-test-2---powershell---prompt-user-for-password - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wincred/nf-wincred-creduipromptforcredentialsa - https://github.com/S12cybersecurity/RDPCredentialStealer author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research) date: 2020-10-20 modified: 2026-06-29 tags: - attack.credential-access - attack.collection - attack.t1056.002 logsource: category: image_load product: windows detection: selection: - ImageLoaded|endswith: - \credui.dll - \wincredui.dll - OriginalFileName: - credui.dll - wincredui.dll filter_main_generic: Image|startswith: - C:\Program Files (x86)\ - C:\Program Files\ - C:\Windows\System32\ - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ - C:\Windows\SystemApps\ filter_main_full: Image: - C:\Windows\explorer.exe - C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe - C:\Windows\regedit.exe filter_optional_opera: Image|endswith: \opera_autoupdate.exe filter_optional_process_explorer: Image|endswith: - \procexp64.exe - \procexp64a.exe - \procexp.exe filter_optional_teams: Image|startswith: C:\Users\ Image|contains: \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\ Image|endswith: \Teams.exe filter_optional_onedrive: Image|startswith: C:\Users\ Image|contains: \AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\ condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* and not 1 of filter_optional_* falsepositives: - Other legitimate processes loading those DLLs in your environment. level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects the use of rcedit to potentially alter executable PE metadata properties, which could conceal efforts to rename. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: PUA - Potential PE Metadata Tamper Using Rcedit id: 0c92f2e6-f08f-4b73-9216-ecb0ca634689 status: test description: Detects the use of rcedit to potentially alter executable PE metadata properties, which could conceal efforts to rename system utilities for defense evasion. references: - https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/210843/is-it-possible-to-change-original-filename-of-an-exe - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/02e8e8c5d430d8b768980f517b62d7792d690982b9ba0f7e04163cbc1a6e7915 - https://github.com/electron/rcedit author: Micah Babinski date: 2022-12-11 modified: 2023-03-05 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1036.003 - attack.t1036 - attack.t1027.005 - attack.t1027 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: - \rcedit-x64.exe - \rcedit-x86.exe - Description: Edit resources of exe - Product: rcedit selection_flags: CommandLine|contains: --set- selection_attributes: CommandLine|contains: - OriginalFileName - CompanyName - FileDescription - ProductName - ProductVersion - LegalCopyright condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Legitimate use of the tool by administrators or users to update metadata of a binary level: medium