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Shell32.dll

• Functions: Execute

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL payload.dll    

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,ShellExec_RunDLL beacon.exe    

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL c:\temp\calc.hta   

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,ShellExec_RunDLLA beacon.exe   

Acknowledgements:

• Pierre-Alexandre Braeken - @pabraeken (ShellExec_RunDLL)
• Vincent Yiu - @vysecurity (ShellExec_RunDLLA)

Code sample: *

Resources:

• https://twitter.com/pabraeken/status/991768766898941953
• https://twitter.com/pabraeken/status/998625299976867840

Full path:

c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\sysWOW64\shell32.dll

Notes:

Detection: