title: DNS ServerLevelPluginDll Install
author: Florian Roth
date: 2017/05/08
description: Detects the installation of a plugin DLL via ServerLevelPluginDll parameter
  in Registry, which can be used to execute code in context of the DNS server (restart
  required)
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 1
  SELECTION_2:
    Image: '*\dnscmd.exe'
  SELECTION_3:
    CommandLine: '*/config*'
  SELECTION_4:
    CommandLine: '*/serverlevelplugindll*'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2 and SELECTION_3 and SELECTION_4)
falsepositives:
- unknown
fields:
- EventID
- CommandLine
- ParentCommandLine
- Image
- User
- TargetObject
id: f63b56ee-3f79-4b8a-97fb-5c48007e8573
level: high
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
modified: 2021/09/12
references:
- https://medium.com/@esnesenon/feature-not-bug-dnsadmin-to-dc-compromise-in-one-line-a0f779b8dc83
related:
- id: e61e8a88-59a9-451c-874e-70fcc9740d67
  type: derived
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1073
- attack.t1574.002
- attack.t1112
ruletype: SIGMA