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Tap Driver Installation — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule 8e4cf0e5-aa5d-4dc3-beff-dc26917744a9. Tap Driver Installation — Sigma Rule. Well-known TAP software installation. Possible preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2019-10-24 / 2022-12-25.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "service": "system"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: e34acdb5285cc7a47142e8f23f6c3c83bf34eed473f18247453b140427e632e1

Detection logic

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title: Tap Driver Installation
id: 8e4cf0e5-aa5d-4dc3-beff-dc26917744a9
status: test
description: Well-known TAP software installation. Possible preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques
references:
    - https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ManagingWindowsTAPDrivers
author: Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community
date: 2019-10-24
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
    - attack.exfiltration
    - attack.t1048
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
        ImagePath|contains: 'tap0901'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate OpenVPN TAP installation
level: medium

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False positives

  • Legitimate OpenVPN TAP installation

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