Suspicious Printer Driver Empty Manufacturer

Detects a suspicious printer driver installation with an empty Manufacturer value

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 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: 2023/03/14
10tags:
11    - attack.privilege_escalation
12    - attack.t1574
13    - cve.2021.1675
14logsource:
15    category: registry_set
16    product: windows
17detection:
18    selection:
19        EventType: SetValue
20        TargetObject|contains|all:
21            - '\Control\Print\Environments\Windows x64\Drivers'
22            - '\Manufacturer'
23        Details: '(Empty)'
24    filter_cutepdf:
25        TargetObject|contains: '\CutePDF Writer v4.0\'
26    filter_vnc:
27        TargetObject|contains:
28            - '\VNC Printer (PS)\'
29            - '\VNC Printer (UD)\'
30    filter_pdf24:
31        TargetObject|contains: '\Version-3\PDF24\'
32    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_*
33falsepositives:
34    - Alerts on legitimate printer drivers that do not set any more details in the Manufacturer value
35level: high

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