Malicious Netsh Helper DLL Abuse - Reg via Sysmon (via registry_event)

Analysis Detection

ATT&CK techniques

Persistence → Priv Esc

Recon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
Execution
Persistence
- T1546.007Netsh Helper DLL
Priv Esc
- T1546.007Netsh Helper DLL
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects abuses the Netsh DLL feature to perform some code execution.

Reporting behind it

Related detections6 linkedT1546.007 — drag to rearrange

Suspicious netsh Helper DLL Persistence Registration

Malicious Netsh Helper DLL Abuse - Process (via process_creation)

Windows Registry: Netsh Helper DLL value added under SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh

Windows: Netsh helper DLL registration via suspicious registry paths

Windows Process Creation: Suspicious secedit.exe Security Policy Export or Configuration

Windows netsh.exe "add helper" execution for custom helper DLL loading

Malicious Netsh Helper DLL Abuse - Reg via Sysmon (via registry_event)

Pivot detection · T1546.007 · 6 related

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