LiveKD Driver Creation By Uncommon Process

 1title: LiveKD Driver Creation By Uncommon Process
 2id: 059c5af9-5131-4d8d-92b2-de4ad6146712
 3related:
 4    - id: 16fe46bb-4f64-46aa-817d-ff7bec4a2352
 5      type: similar
 6status: test
 7description: Detects the creation of the LiveKD driver by a process image other than "livekd.exe".
 8references:
 9    - Internal Research
10author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
11date: 2023-05-16
12tags:
13    - attack.defense-evasion
14    - attack.privilege-escalation
15logsource:
16    product: windows
17    category: file_event
18detection:
19    selection:
20        TargetFilename: 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\LiveKdD.SYS'
21    filter_main_legit_name:
22        Image|endswith:
23            - '\livekd.exe'
24            - '\livek64.exe'
25    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
26falsepositives:
27    - Administrators might rename LiveKD before its usage which could trigger this. Add additional names you use to the filter
28level: high