DNS Server Error Failed Loading the ServerLevelPluginDLL — Sigma Rule

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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2017-05-08 / 2023-02-05.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "service": "dns-server"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 126f992f60383791856c332f2d3f70b6e7a6b5fcac30dcc976b137d3c72aa5cf

Detection logic

Original source YAML. Source-tag agreement is not proof of complete semantic coverage. This rule has not been compiled for a SIEM backend or validated against live telemetry here.

title: DNS Server Error Failed Loading the ServerLevelPluginDLL
id: cbe51394-cd93-4473-b555-edf0144952d9
related:
    - id: e61e8a88-59a9-451c-874e-70fcc9740d67
      type: derived
    - id: f63b56ee-3f79-4b8a-97fb-5c48007e8573
      type: derived
status: test
description: Detects a DNS server error in which a specified plugin DLL (in registry) could not be loaded
references:
    - https://medium.com/@esnesenon/feature-not-bug-dnsadmin-to-dc-compromise-in-one-line-a0f779b8dc83
    - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735829(v=ws.10).aspx
    - https://twitter.com/gentilkiwi/status/861641945944391680
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-05-08
modified: 2023-02-05
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1574.001
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: dns-server
detection:
    selection:
        EventID:
            - 150
            - 770
            - 771
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://medium.com/@esnesenon/feature-not-bug-dnsadmin-to-dc-compromise-in-one-line-a0f779b8dc83
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735829(v=ws.10).aspx
• https://twitter.com/gentilkiwi/status/861641945944391680