Tap Driver Installation - Security

testlow
log source: windows · securityauthor Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.communitydate 2019-10-24
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description

What this is, in brief.

Detects the installation of a well-known TAP driver service. This could be a sign of potential preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques.

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tags

attack.exfiltrationattack.t1048
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rule source (YAML)

title: Tap Driver Installation - Security
id: 9c8afa4d-0022-48f0-9456-3712466f9701
related:
    - id: 8e4cf0e5-aa5d-4dc3-beff-dc26917744a9
      type: derived
status: test
description: |
    Detects the installation of a well-known TAP driver service. This could be a sign of potential preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques.
references:
    - https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ManagingWindowsTAPDrivers
author: Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community
date: 2019-10-24
modified: 2022-11-29
tags:
    - attack.exfiltration
    - attack.t1048
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: 'Requirements: The System Security Extension audit subcategory need to be enabled to log the EID 4697'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 4697
        ServiceFileName|contains: 'tap0901'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate OpenVPN TAP installation
level: low
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detects techniques (1)

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.