DriverQuery.EXE Execution

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

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,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)