Detectionhightest
Potential Recon Activity Using DriverQuery.EXE
Detect usage of the "driverquery" utility to perform reconnaissance on installed drivers
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Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Thu Jan 19Updated Fri Sep 299fc3072c-dc8f-4bf7-b231-18950000faddwindows
Log Source
WindowsProcess Creation
ProductWindows← raw: windows
CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation
Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.
Detection Logic
Detection Logic2 selectors
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: 'driverquery.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'drvqry.exe'
selection_parent:
- ParentImage|endswith:
- '\cscript.exe'
- '\mshta.exe'
- '\regsvr32.exe'
- '\rundll32.exe'
- '\wscript.exe'
- ParentImage|contains:
- '\AppData\Local\'
- '\Users\Public\'
- '\Windows\Temp\'
condition: all of selection_*False Positives
Legitimate usage by some scripts might trigger this as well
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Rule Metadata
Rule ID
9fc3072c-dc8f-4bf7-b231-18950000fadd
Status
test
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Thu Jan 19
Modified
Fri Sep 29
Path
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_driverquery_recon.yml
Raw Tags
attack.discovery