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