Detection rules › Sigma
LiveKD Driver Creation
Detects the creation of the LiveKD driver, which is used for live kernel debugging
Known false positives
- Legitimate usage of LiveKD for debugging purposes will also trigger this
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation | No specific technique |
| Stealth | No specific technique |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 11: FileCreate |
Rule body
title: LiveKD Driver Creation
id: 16fe46bb-4f64-46aa-817d-ff7bec4a2352
status: test
description: Detects the creation of the LiveKD driver, which is used for live kernel debugging
references:
- Internal Research
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-05-16
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.stealth
logsource:
product: windows
category: file_event
detection:
selection:
TargetFilename: 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\LiveKdD.SYS'
Image|endswith:
- '\livekd.exe'
- '\livek64.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate usage of LiveKD for debugging purposes will also trigger this
level: medium
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
TargetFilename: 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\LiveKdD.SYS'
Image|endswith:
- '\livekd.exe'
- '\livek64.exe'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
Image | ends_with |
| field:"Image" kind:ends_with |
TargetFilename | eq |
| field:"TargetFilename" kind:eq value:"C:\Windows\System32\drivers\LiveKdD.SYS" |