Analytics BIOC Informational

Signed process performed an unpopular DLL injection

A signed process performed an unpopular DLL injection into another process.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
ATT&CK techniques: Process Injection (T1055)
Detector tags: Injection Analytics
Attacker's goals:

Attackers may inject code into processes to evade process-based defenses, as well as possibly elevate privileges.

Investigative actions:

Check whether the injecting process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day
4 variations:
  • Signed process that got injected performed an unpopular and suspicious dll injection High (parent: Informational)
  • Signed process that got injected performed an unpopular and suspicious dll injection Medium (parent: Informational)
  • Signed process that got injected performed an unpopular dll injection Medium (parent: Informational)
  • Signed process performed an unpopular DLL injection Low (parent: Informational)