1200KM / simulation
T1652 Device Driver Discovery — Attack Simulation
Adversaries may attempt to enumerate local device drivers on a victim host. Information about device drivers may highlight various insights that shape follow-on behaviors, such as the function/purpose of the host, present security tools (i.e. Security Software Discovery) or other defenses (e.g., Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion), as well as potential exploitable vulnerabilities (e.g., Exploitation for Privilege Escalation). Many OS utilities may…
Technique description
Adversaries may attempt to enumerate local device drivers on a victim host. Information about device drivers may highlight various insights that shape follow-on behaviors, such as the function/purpose of the host, present security tools (i.e. Security Software Discovery) or other defenses (e.g., Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion), as well as potential exploitable vulnerabilities (e.g., Exploitation for Privilege Escalation). Many OS utilities may…
At least one platform-compatible Atomic procedure is documented. Individual review, lab prerequisites, and validation remain required.
Official ATT&CK definition · Detection rules and anomaly models
Documented simulation candidates
- Enumerate Kernel Driver Files (Linux)
Procedure 13c0fef5-9be9-4d7f-9c6b-901624e53770; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Device Driver Discovery
Procedure 235b30a2-e5b1-441f-9705-be6231c88ddd; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- List loaded kernel extensions (macOS)
Procedure 71eab73d-5d7d-4681-9a72-7873489a5b85; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Find Kernel Extensions (macOS)
Procedure c63bbe52-6f17-4832-b221-f07ba8b1736f; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Device Driver Discovery (Linux)
Procedure d57dfc9e-ed9a-418e-88f8-b59c85f8cfd1; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
Connected ecosystem references
Linked tags
Detection and collection
Attack tools
No reviewed association in this snapshot.
Threat actor context
These are explicit actor-to-technique associations in the existing Threat Matrix snapshot, not attribution of an event or proof that a detector identifies the actor. No tool-to-actor relationship is inferred.
Existing research
Pinned research references. No browser attack runner, live simulation result or validated detector is asserted. Source mappings and validation limits are preserved. ATT&CK / Atomic provenance · Detection provenance.