---
action: global
title: DNS ServerLevelPluginDll Install
status: experimental
description: Detects the installation of a plugin DLL via ServerLevelPluginDll parameter in Registry, which can be used to execute code in context of the DNS server (restart required)
references:
    - https://medium.com/@esnesenon/feature-not-bug-dnsadmin-to-dc-compromise-in-one-line-a0f779b8dc83
date: 2017/05/08
author: Florian Roth
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1073
detection:
    condition: 1 of them
fields:
    - EventID
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
    - Image
    - User
    - TargetObject
falsepositives:
    - unknown
level: high
---
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: sysmon
detection:
    dnsregmod:
        EventID: 13
        TargetObject: '*\services\DNS\Parameters\ServerLevelPluginDll'
---
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    dnsadmin:
        CommandLine: 'dnscmd.exe /config /serverlevelplugindll *'