Detection: Windows Odbcconf Load Response File

Date: 2022-09-15 ID: 7b6c3fac-0c37-4efc-a85e-de88f42b6763 Author: Michael Haag, Splunk Type: TTP Product: Splunk User Behavior Analytics

Description

The following analytic identifies the odbcconf.exe, Windows Open Database Connectivity utility, loading up a resource file. The file extension is arbitrary and may be named anything. The resource file itself may have different commands supported by Odbcconf to load up a DLL (REGSVR) on disk or additional commands. During triage, review file modifications and parallel processes.

Annotations

No annotations available.

Implementation

To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting logs with the process name, parent process, and command-line executions from your endpoints. If you are using Sysmon, you must have at least version 6.0.4 of the Sysmon TA.

Known False Positives

False positives may be present and filtering may need to occur based on legitimate application usage. Filter as needed.

Associated Analytic Story

Risk Based Analytics (RBA)

Risk Message Risk Score Impact Confidence
$process_file_name$ has been identified on $device_hostname$ under user $actor_user_name$ attempting to circumvent controls. 42 60 70
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.

References

Version: 4