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# Uncommon execution of ODBCConf

### Synopsis

| Field                | Value                                               |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period    | 14 Days                                             |
| Training Period      | 30 Days                                             |
| Test Period          | N/A (single event)                                  |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day                                               |
| Required Data        | XDR Agent                                           |
| ATT\&CK Tactic       | Defense Evasion (TA0005)                            |
| ATT\&CK Technique    | System Binary Proxy Execution: Odbcconf (T1218.008) |
| Severity             | Low                                                 |

### Description

Attackers may abuse the Odbcconf.exe Windows utility to proxy the execution of malicious DLL files.

### Attacker's Goals

Execute arbitrary code or load malicious DLL modules undetected within Microsoft signed program from Microsoft signed process.

### Investigative actions

* Check the execution command-line, in case of 'REGSVR' points to a DLL, then check it.
* If the command-line contains '/f' argument (for script file) check the content of the script.

### Variations

<details>

<summary>Uncommon execution of ODBCConf to load dll directly</summary>

**Synopsis**

| Field             | Value                                               |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic    | Defense Evasion (TA0005)                            |
| ATT\&CK Technique | System Binary Proxy Execution: Odbcconf (T1218.008) |
| Severity          | High                                                |

**Description**

Attackers may abuse the Odbcconf.exe Windows utility to proxy the execution of malicious DLL files.

**Attacker's Goals**

Execute arbitrary code or load malicious DLL modules undetected within Microsoft signed program from Microsoft signed process.

**Investigative actions**

* Check the execution command-line, in case of 'REGSVR' points to a DLL, then check it.
* If the command-line contains '/f' argument (for script file) check the content of the script.

</details>


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