Driver Load From A Temporary Directory — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2017-02-12 / 2021-11-27.

{
  "category": "driver_load",
  "product": "windows"
}

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Detection logic

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title: Driver Load From A Temporary Directory
id: 2c4523d5-d481-4ed0-8ec3-7fbf0cb41a75
status: test
description: Detects a driver load from a temporary directory
references:
    - Internal Research
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-02-12
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1543.003
logsource:
    category: driver_load
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ImageLoaded|contains: '\Temp\'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - There is a relevant set of false positives depending on applications in the environment
level: high

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False positives

• There is a relevant set of false positives depending on applications in the environment

Source references

• Internal Research (source note; no public URL supplied)