ManageEngine Endpoint Central Dctask64.EXE Potential Abuse

Title: ManageEngine Endpoint Central Dctask64.EXE Potential Abuse
Status: test
Description:Detects the execution of "dctask64.exe", a signed binary by ZOHO Corporation part of ManageEngine Endpoint Central. This binary can be abused for DLL injection, arbitrary command and process execution.
References:
  -https://twitter.com/gN3mes1s/status/1222088214581825540
  -https://twitter.com/gN3mes1s/status/1222095963789111296
  -https://twitter.com/gN3mes1s/status/1222095371175911424
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2020-01-28
modified:2025-01-22
Tags:

• -'attack.privilege-escalation'
• -'attack.stealth'
• -'attack.t1055.001'

Logsource:

• category: process_creation
• product: windows

Detection:
  selection_img:
Image|endswith:'\dctask64.exe'     - Hashes|contains:
      - 'IMPHASH=6834B1B94E49701D77CCB3C0895E1AFD'
      - 'IMPHASH=1BB6F93B129F398C7C4A76BB97450BBA'
      - 'IMPHASH=FAA2AC19875FADE461C8D89DCF2710A3'
      - 'IMPHASH=F1039CED4B91572AB7847D26032E6BBF'
  selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains:
      -' executecmd64 '
      -' invokeexe '
      -' injectDll '

  condition:all of selection_*
Falsepositives:
  -Unknown
Level: high