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Windows: Potential DLL sideloading via VMwareXferlogs loading glib-2.0.dll from non-standard path

Alerts on VMwareXferlogs.exe loading glib-2.0.dll from outside the default VMware directory.

FreeReviewedSigma · High · v2
Product
windows
Category
image_load
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published
2022-08-02
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 instances where VMwareXferlogs.exe loads glib-2.0.dll when the loaded DLL is not located under the default VMware installation directory. Attackers may use DLL sideloading to execute malicious code by leveraging a legitimate VMware component. The detection relies on Windows image load telemetry that records the loading process path (Image) and the full/relative path of the loaded DLL (ImageLoaded).

Reporting behind it

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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.