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API Reference: Detecting DLL Sideloading Attacks

Sysmon Event ID 7 (Image Loaded)

<EventID>7</EventID>
<Data Name="Image">C:\Users\victim\app\signed.exe</Data>
<Data Name="ImageLoaded">C:\Users\victim\app\malicious.dll</Data>
<Data Name="Signed">false</Data>
<Data Name="SignatureStatus">Unavailable</Data>
<Data Name="Hashes">SHA256=abc123...</Data>

python-evtx Usage

import Evtx.Evtx as evtx
with evtx.Evtx("Sysmon.evtx") as log:
    for record in log.records():
        xml = record.xml()
        # Filter EventID 7, check Signed=false, non-standard path

Known Sideloading Targets

Legitimate Executable Vulnerable DLL
vmwaretray.exe vmtools.dll
colorcpl.exe colorui.dll
consent.exe comctl32.dll
bginfo.exe version.dll
teams.exe version.dll
winword.exe wwlib.dll

Splunk SPL Detection

index=sysmon EventCode=7 Signed=false
| where NOT match(ImageLoaded, "(?i)(System32|SysWOW64|Program Files)")
| stats count by Image, ImageLoaded, SignatureStatus, Computer
| where count > 0

Sigma Rule Fields

logsource:
  product: windows
  category: image_load
detection:
  selection:
    EventID: 7
    Signed: "false"
  filter:
    ImageLoaded|startswith:
      - "C:\\Windows\\System32\\"
      - "C:\\Program Files\\"

CLI Usage

python agent.py --sysmon-log Sysmon.evtx
python agent.py --scan-dir C:\Users\victim\Downloads\app\
python agent.py --generate-sigma