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ManageEngine Endpoint Central Dctask64.EXE Potential Abuse — Sigma Rule
Sigma rule 6345b048-8441-43a7-9bed-541133633d7a. ManageEngine Endpoint Central Dctask64.EXE Potential Abuse — Sigma Rule. Detects the execution of "dctask64.exe", a signed binary by ZOHO Corporation part of ManageEngine Endpoint Central. This binary can be abused for DLL injection, arbitrary command and process execution.
Rule metadata and linked tags
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2020-01-28 / 2025-01-22.
{
"category": "process_creation",
"product": "windows"
}Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1
Source SHA-256: fb6f606791ab2faf3e69356cd74de0fa0257ccaaf7e86b0da9c7a7e73be05ebe
Detection logic
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title: ManageEngine Endpoint Central Dctask64.EXE Potential Abuse
id: 6345b048-8441-43a7-9bed-541133633d7a
status: test
description: |
Detects the execution of "dctask64.exe", a signed binary by ZOHO Corporation part of ManageEngine Endpoint Central.
This binary can be abused for DLL injection, arbitrary command and process execution.
references:
- https://twitter.com/gN3mes1s/status/1222088214581825540
- https://twitter.com/gN3mes1s/status/1222095963789111296
- https://twitter.com/gN3mes1s/status/1222095371175911424
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2020-01-28
modified: 2025-01-22
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1055.001
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: '\dctask64.exe'
- Hashes|contains:
- 'IMPHASH=6834B1B94E49701D77CCB3C0895E1AFD'
- 'IMPHASH=1BB6F93B129F398C7C4A76BB97450BBA'
- 'IMPHASH=FAA2AC19875FADE461C8D89DCF2710A3'
- 'IMPHASH=F1039CED4B91572AB7847D26032E6BBF'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains:
- ' executecmd64 '
- ' invokeexe '
- ' injectDll '
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
False positives
- Unknown
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