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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

T1543.003

persistenceprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection:
  - Hashes|contains: IMPHASH=D41FA95D4642DC981F10DE36F4DC8CD7
  - ImageLoaded|endswith:
      - \WinRing0x64.sys
      - \WinRing0.sys
      - \WinRing0.dll
      - \WinRing0x64.dll
      - \winring00x64.sys
condition: selection

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-07-26

Data Sources

windowsDriver Load Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1543.003

Raw Content

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