Suspicious Printer Driver Empty Manufacturer

 1title: Suspicious Printer Driver Empty Manufacturer
 2id: e0813366-0407-449a-9869-a2db1119dc41
 3status: test
 4description: Detects a suspicious printer driver installation with an empty Manufacturer value
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1410545674773467140
 7author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2020-07-01
 9modified: 2023-08-17
10tags:
11    - attack.persistence
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.execution
14    - attack.stealth
15    - attack.t1574
16    - cve.2021-1675
17logsource:
18    category: registry_set
19    product: windows
20detection:
21    selection:
22        TargetObject|contains|all:
23            - '\Control\Print\Environments\Windows x64\Drivers'
24            - '\Manufacturer'
25        Details: '(Empty)'
26    filter_cutepdf:
27        TargetObject|contains: '\CutePDF Writer v4.0\'
28    filter_vnc:
29        TargetObject|contains:
30            - '\VNC Printer (PS)\'
31            - '\VNC Printer (UD)\'
32    filter_pdf24:
33        TargetObject|contains: '\Version-3\PDF24\'
34    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_*
35falsepositives:
36    - Alerts on legitimate printer drivers that do not set any more details in the Manufacturer value
37level: high