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MediumSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

DriverQuery.EXE Execution

Detect usage of the "driverquery" utility. Which can be used to perform reconnaissance on installed drivers

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Log source product: windows
Log source category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Legitimate use by third party tools in order to investigate installed drivers

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
thedfirreport.com/2023/01/09/unwrapping-ursnifs-gifts/	Threat report	2
www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/01/saigon-mysterious-ursnif-fork.html	Threat report	2
www.vmray.com/cyber-security-blog/analyzing-ursnif-behavior-malware-sandbox/	Unclassified	2

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