Vulnerable WinRing0 Driver Load
Detects the load of a signed WinRing0 driver often used by threat actors, crypto miners (XMRIG) or malware for privilege escalation
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- driver_load
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/xmrig/xmrig/tree/master/bin/WinRing0 | Only this detection cites it |
| www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/12/13/driver-based-attacks-past-and-present/ | 2from 2 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 1a42dfa6-6cb2-4df9-9b48-295be477e835
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1