Suspicious Trusted Path Bypass through Windows Directory Spoofing (via image_load)
This rule detects DLLs loading from a spoofed Windows directory path with an extra space (e.g "C:\Windows \System32") which can bypass Windows trusted path verification. This method tricks Windows into treating the path as trusted, allowing hostile DLLs to load with high integrity privileges bypassing UAC.
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