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Windows Wazuh Platform DLL Side-Loading via ImageLoad of libwazuhshared.dll

Alerts on suspicious loading of Wazuh platform DLLs in Windows image load telemetry, excluding common Program Files and Mingw64 patterns.

FreeReviewedSigma · Medium · v2
Product
windows
Category
image_load
Author
X__Junior (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published
2023-03-13
Updated
2026-07-31
AnalysisDetection

ATT&CK techniques

Execution → Defense Evasion

  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. C2

  13. Exfiltration

  14. Impact

What it detects

This rule flags Windows image load events where specific Wazuh platform DLLs are loaded from locations outside the common program files paths, indicating potential DLL side-loading or proxying. An attacker could place a malicious or unexpected DLL with the same name to influence how the Wazuh-related component loads libraries. It relies on Windows image load telemetry that records the loaded module path (ImageLoaded) for each process.

Reporting behind it

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Windows Wazuh Platform DLL Side-Loading via ImageLoad of libwazuhshared.dll
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Changelog

v2
  1. v2
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  2. v1
    No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.