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DriverQuery.EXE Execution

Status
test
Severity
medium
Log source
product windows, category process_creation
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detect usage of the "driverquery" utility. Which can be used to perform reconnaissance on installed drivers

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
DiscoveryNo specific technique

Event coverage

ProviderEventTitle
SysmonEvent ID 1Process creation

Rule body yaml

title: DriverQuery.EXE Execution
id: a20def93-0709-4eae-9bd2-31206e21e6b2
related:
    - id: 9fc3072c-dc8f-4bf7-b231-18950000fadd
      type: similar
status: test
description: Detect usage of the "driverquery" utility. Which can be used to perform reconnaissance on installed drivers
references:
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2023/01/09/unwrapping-ursnifs-gifts/
    - https://www.vmray.com/cyber-security-blog/analyzing-ursnif-behavior-malware-sandbox/
    - https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/01/saigon-mysterious-ursnif-fork.html
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-01-19
modified: 2023-09-29
tags:
    - attack.discovery
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        - Image|endswith: 'driverquery.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'drvqry.exe'
    filter_main_other: # These are covered in 9fc3072c-dc8f-4bf7-b231-18950000fadd to avoid duplicate alerting
        - ParentImage|endswith:
              - '\cscript.exe'
              - '\mshta.exe'
              - '\regsvr32.exe'
              - '\rundll32.exe'
              - '\wscript.exe'
        - ParentImage|contains:
              - '\AppData\Local\'
              - '\Users\Public\'
              - '\Windows\Temp\'
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use by third party tools in order to investigate installed drivers
level: medium # Level could be reduced to low if this utility is often used in your environment
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_driverquery_usage/info.yml

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    - Image|endswith: 'driverquery.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'drvqry.exe'

Stage 2: not filter_main_other

filter_main_other:
    - ParentImage|endswith:
          - '\cscript.exe'
          - '\mshta.exe'
          - '\regsvr32.exe'
          - '\rundll32.exe'
          - '\wscript.exe'
    - ParentImage|contains:
          - '\AppData\Local\'
          - '\Users\Public\'
          - '\Windows\Temp\'

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.

FieldKindExcluded values
ParentImageends_with\cscript.exe
ParentImageends_with\mshta.exe
ParentImageends_with\regsvr32.exe
ParentImageends_with\rundll32.exe
ParentImageends_with\wscript.exe
ParentImagematch\AppData\Local\
ParentImagematch\Users\Public\
ParentImagematch\Windows\Temp\

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.

FieldKindValues
Imageends_with
  • driverquery.exe corpus 2 (sigma 2)
OriginalFileNameeq
  • drvqry.exe corpus 2 (sigma 2)