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PUA - Process Hacker Driver Load

Detects driver load of the Process Hacker tool

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Wed Nov 16Updated Sat Nov 2367add051-9ee7-4ad3-93ba-42935615ae8dwindows
Log Source
WindowsDriver Load
ProductWindows← raw: windows
CategoryDriver Load← raw: driver_load
Detection Logic
Detection Logic1 selector
detection:
    selection:
        - ImageLoaded|endswith: '\kprocesshacker.sys'
        - Hashes|contains:
              - 'IMPHASH=821D74031D3F625BCBD0DF08B70F1E77'
              - 'IMPHASH=F86759BB4DE4320918615DC06E998A39'
              - 'IMPHASH=0A64EEB85419257D0CE32BD5D55C3A18'
              - 'IMPHASH=6E7B34DFC017700B1517B230DF6FF0D0'
    condition: selection
False Positives

Legitimate use of process hacker or system informer by developers or system administrators

References
1
Resolving title…
processhacker.sourceforge.io
MITRE ATT&CK

Other

cve.2021-21551
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Rule Metadata
Rule ID
67add051-9ee7-4ad3-93ba-42935615ae8d
Status
test
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Wed Nov 16
Modified
Sat Nov 23
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Path
rules/windows/driver_load/driver_load_win_pua_process_hacker.yml
Raw Tags
attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationcve.2021-21551attack.t1543
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