LiveKD Driver Creation

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the creation of the LiveKD driver, which is used for live kernel debugging

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND (FILENAME = "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\LiveKdD.SYS" OR OBJECTNAME = "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\LiveKdD.SYS") AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\livekd.exe,\livek64.exe" 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)