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Vulnerable WinRing0 Driver Load
Detects the load of a signed WinRing0 driver often used by threat actors, crypto miners (XMRIG) or malware for privilege escalation
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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Tue Jul 26Updated Sat Nov 231a42dfa6-6cb2-4df9-9b48-295be477e835windows
Log Source
WindowsDriver Load
ProductWindows← raw: windows
CategoryDriver Load← raw: driver_load
Detection Logic
Detection Logic1 selector
detection:
selection:
- Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=D41FA95D4642DC981F10DE36F4DC8CD7'
- ImageLoaded|endswith:
- '\WinRing0x64.sys'
- '\WinRing0.sys'
- '\WinRing0.dll'
- '\WinRing0x64.dll'
- '\winring00x64.sys'
condition: selectionFalse Positives
Unknown
False positive likelihood has not been assessed. Additional context may be needed during triage.
MITRE ATT&CK
Sub-techniques
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
1a42dfa6-6cb2-4df9-9b48-295be477e835
Status
test
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Tue Jul 26
Modified
Sat Nov 23
Path
rules/windows/driver_load/driver_load_win_vuln_winring0_driver.yml
Raw Tags
attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1543.003