Detection rules › Sigma
Suspicious Driver Install by pnputil.exe
Detects when a possible suspicious driver is being installed via pnputil.exe lolbin
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence | T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution |
| Privilege Escalation | T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
or:
CommandLine|contains: -a
CommandLine|contains: -i
CommandLine|contains: .inf
CommandLine|contains: '/add-driver'
CommandLine|contains: '/install'
Image|endswith: '\pnputil.exe'
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 |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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Image | ends_with |
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