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Vulnerable WinRing0 Driver Load
Detects the load of a signed WinRing0 driver often used by threat actors, crypto miners (XMRIG) or malware for privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence | T1543.003 Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service |
| Privilege Escalation | T1543.003 Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 6 | Driver loaded |
Rule body yaml
title: Vulnerable WinRing0 Driver Load
id: 1a42dfa6-6cb2-4df9-9b48-295be477e835
status: test
description: Detects the load of a signed WinRing0 driver often used by threat actors, crypto miners (XMRIG) or malware for privilege escalation
references:
- https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/tree/master/bin/WinRing0
- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/12/13/driver-based-attacks-past-and-present/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-07-26
modified: 2024-11-23
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1543.003
logsource:
product: windows
category: driver_load
detection:
selection:
- Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=D41FA95D4642DC981F10DE36F4DC8CD7'
- ImageLoaded|endswith:
- '\WinRing0x64.sys'
- '\WinRing0.sys'
- '\WinRing0.dll'
- '\WinRing0x64.dll'
- '\winring00x64.sys'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
- Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=D41FA95D4642DC981F10DE36F4DC8CD7'
- ImageLoaded|endswith:
- '\WinRing0x64.sys'
- '\WinRing0.sys'
- '\WinRing0.dll'
- '\WinRing0x64.dll'
- '\winring00x64.sys'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
Hashes | match |
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ImageLoaded | ends_with |
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