Drop Binaries Into Spool Drivers Color Folder

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the creation of suspcious binary files inside the "\\windows\\system32\\spool\\drivers\\color\\" as seen in the blog referenced below

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND (FILENAME startswith "C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color" OR OBJECTNAME startswith "C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color") AND (FILENAME endswith ".dll,.exe,.sys" OR OBJECTNAME endswith ".dll,.exe,.sys") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)