DriverQuery.EXE Execution

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

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

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "driverquery.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "drvqry.exe") AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME notendswith "\cscript.exe,\mshta.exe,\regsvr32.exe,\rundll32.exe,\wscript.exe" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME notcontains "\AppData\Local\,\Users\Public\,\Windows\Temp") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)