DLL File Created at Dangling CrossDevice COM ProgramData Path

Ibrahim Saud@tektrix

•updated Sep 22, 2026•0•0•4

Detects the creation of a DLL file within the 'ProgramData\CrossDevice\' directory. This path is associated with a dangling COM InprocServer32 registration and does not exist by default. The creation of files in this location by non-privileged processes is indicative of staging malicious DLLs for exploitation of COM-based privilege escalation chains, specifically CVE-2026-66804 and CVE-2026-50343.