Potential PrintNightmare Exploitation Attempt


Description

Detect DLL deletions from Spooler Service driver folder. This might be a potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2021-1675

Query · sigma

selection:
  Image|endswith: \spoolsv.exe
  TargetFilename|contains: C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3\
condition: selection

Known false positives

  • Unknown
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title: Potential PrintNightmare Exploitation Attempt
id: 5b2bbc47-dead-4ef7-8908-0cf73fcbecbf
status: test
description: Detect DLL deletions from Spooler Service driver folder. This might be a potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2021-1675
references:
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20210629055600/https://github.com/hhlxf/PrintNightmare/
    - https://github.com/cube0x0/CVE-2021-1675
author: Bhabesh Raj
date: 2021-07-01
modified: 2023-02-17
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1574
    - cve.2021-1675
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: file_delete
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\spoolsv.exe'
        TargetFilename|contains: 'C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3\'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

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