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Tap Driver Installation

Well-known TAP software installation. Possible preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques

MITRE ATT&CK

exfiltration

Detection Query

selection:
  Provider_Name: Service Control Manager
  EventID: 7045
  ImagePath|contains: tap0901
condition: selection

Author

Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community

Created

2019-10-24

Data Sources

windowssystem

Platforms

windows

References

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ManagingWindowsTAPDrivers

Tags

attack.exfiltrationattack.t1048

Raw Content

title: Tap Driver Installation
id: 8e4cf0e5-aa5d-4dc3-beff-dc26917744a9
status: test
description: Well-known TAP software installation. Possible preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques
references:
    - https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ManagingWindowsTAPDrivers
author: Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community
date: 2019-10-24
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
    - attack.exfiltration
    - attack.t1048
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
        ImagePath|contains: 'tap0901'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate OpenVPN TAP installation
level: medium