odbcconf Response File Execution

Severity highWindowsSingle eventexperimentalsigma.odbcconf_response_file_exec · v1.0.0

What it detects

odbcconf executing a response file / registering a DLL — LOLBIN

MITRE ATT&CK mapping

  • T1218.008System Binary Proxy Execution: Odbcconf· Defense Evasion

False positives and triage

Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.

The rule

Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 70%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.odbcconf_response_file_exec.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.

id: sigma.odbcconf_response_file_exec
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: high
confidence: 0.7
platforms:
- windows
mitre_techniques:
- T1218.008
description: odbcconf executing a response file / registering a DLL — LOLBIN (Sigma sample)
match:
  event_category: process
  process_path_contains_any:
  - \odbcconf.exe
  command_line_contains_any:
  - /a
  - regsvr
  - .rsp
  command_line_not_contains_any:
  - \Windows\CCM\
false_positive_guidance: Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.

Adapted from the SigmaHQ rule “odbcconf Response File Execution”, distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. SigmaHQ.

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