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LiveKD Driver Creation By Uncommon Process

Detects the creation of the LiveKD driver by a process image other than "livekd.exe".

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Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Tue May 16059c5af9-5131-4d8d-92b2-de4ad6146712windows
Log Source
WindowsFile Event
ProductWindows← raw: windows
CategoryFile Event← raw: file_event

Events for file system activity including creation, modification, and deletion.

Detection Logic
Detection Logic2 selectors
detection:
    selection:
        TargetFilename: 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\LiveKdD.SYS'
    filter_main_legit_name:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\livekd.exe'
            - '\livek64.exe'
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
False Positives

Administrators might rename LiveKD before its usage which could trigger this. Add additional names you use to the filter

References
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Internal Research
MITRE ATT&CK
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Rule Metadata
Rule ID
059c5af9-5131-4d8d-92b2-de4ad6146712
Status
test
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Tue May 16
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Path
rules/windows/file/file_event/file_event_win_sysinternals_livekd_driver_susp_creation.yml
Raw Tags
attack.defense-evasionattack.privilege-escalation
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