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Driver Load From A Temporary Directory

Detects a driver load from a temporary directory

MITRE ATT&CK

persistenceprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection:
  ImageLoaded|contains: \Temp\
condition: selection

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2017-02-12

Data Sources

windowsDriver Load Events

Platforms

windows

References

Internal Research

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1543.003

Raw Content

title: Driver Load From A Temporary Directory
id: 2c4523d5-d481-4ed0-8ec3-7fbf0cb41a75
status: test
description: Detects a driver load from a temporary directory
references:
    - Internal Research
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-02-12
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1543.003
logsource:
    category: driver_load
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ImageLoaded|contains: '\Temp\'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - There is a relevant set of false positives depending on applications in the environment
level: high