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Script Execution via MSXSL

Identifies when a Windows Script module is loaded into the Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) process. This may indicate an attempt to bypass application whitelisting by executing a malicious script in a trusted process.

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Detection Logic

sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=1m
 [process where event.action == "start" and process.pe.original_file_name == "msxsl.exe"]
 [library where dll.name : ("scrobj.dll", "jscript.dll", "vbscript.dll", "jscript9.dll")]

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