Possible Obfuscated Ordinal Call Through Rundll32 (via process_creation)
This rule detects execution of "rundll32" with potential obfuscated ordinal calls
SigmamediumWindowsv1
sigma
possible-obfuscated-ordinal-call-through-rundll32-via-process-creation
title: Possible Obfuscated Ordinal Call Through Rundll32 (via process_creation)
id: 867d93a4-d14a-5333-9868-70702aead59e
status: stable
description: This rule detects execution of "rundll32" with potential obfuscated ordinal calls
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1027/010/
- Internal Research
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52tAmVLg1KM&t=2070s
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-01-02
tags:
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1027.010
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'RUNDLL32.EXE'
- CommandLine|contains: 'rundll32'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains:
- '#+'
- '#-'
- '#0'
- '#655'
- '#656'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
Known false positives
- Unknown
Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.