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Atomic Red Team

Date: 2020-11-30 ID: cc9b2652-efc9-11eb-926b-550bf0943fbb Author: Patrick Bareiss Environment: attack_range Directory: atomic_red_team

Description

Atomic Test Results: Successful Execution of test T1218.011-1 Rundll32 execute JavaScript Remote Payload With GetObject Successful Execution of test T1218.011-2 Rundll32 execute VBscript command Return value unclear for test T1218.011-3 Rundll32 advpack.dll Execution Return value unclear for test T1218.011-4 Rundll32 ieadvpack.dll Execution Return value unclear for test T1218.011-5 Rundll32 syssetup.dll Execution Return value unclear for test T1218.011-6 Rundll32 setupapi.dll Execution

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1218.011 Rundll32 Defense Evasion

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory atomic_red_team
Test Date 2020-11-30

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.011/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Ordinal_windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.011/atomic_red_team/ordinal_windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Suspicious Rundll32 StartW TTP Endpoint T1218.011 Trickbot, Suspicious Rundll32 Activity, Cobalt Strike, BlackByte Ransomware, Graceful Wipe Out Attack, Hellcat Ransomware
Suspicious Rundll32 no Command Line Arguments TTP Endpoint T1218.011 Suspicious Rundll32 Activity, Cobalt Strike, BlackByte Ransomware, PrintNightmare CVE-2021-34527, Graceful Wipe Out Attack, Hellcat Ransomware
Suspicious Rundll32 dllregisterserver TTP Endpoint T1218.011 Suspicious Rundll32 Activity, Living Off The Land, IcedID
Windows Application Whitelisting Bypass Attempt via Rundll32 TTP Endpoint T1218.011 Suspicious Rundll32 Activity, Living Off The Land, Compromised Windows Host
Detect Rundll32 Application Control Bypass - syssetup TTP Deprecated T1218.011 Suspicious Rundll32 Activity, Living Off The Land, Compromised Windows Host
Detect Rundll32 Application Control Bypass - advpack TTP Deprecated T1218.011 Suspicious Rundll32 Activity, Living Off The Land, Compromised Windows Host
Detect Rundll32 Application Control Bypass - setupapi TTP Deprecated T1218.011 Suspicious Rundll32 Activity, Living Off The Land, Compromised Windows Host
RunDLL Loading DLL By Ordinal TTP Endpoint T1218.011 Unusual Processes, Suspicious Rundll32 Activity, Living Off The Land, IcedID

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.011/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0