Sigma rule: Audit CVE Event

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-3ee556ffc79e, updated 2022-10-22T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Audit CVE Event
Status
test
Level
critical
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Zach Mathis
Date
2020-01-15
Modified
2022-10-22
File
rules/windows/builtin/application/microsoft-windows_audit_cve/win_audit_cve.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects events generated by user-mode applications when they call the CveEventWrite API when a known vulnerability is trying to be exploited.
MS started using this log in Jan. 2020 with CVE-2020-0601 (a Windows CryptoAPI vulnerability.
Unfortunately, that is about the only instance of CVEs being written to this log.

Log source

product
windows
service
application

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name:
        - 'Microsoft-Windows-Audit-CVE'
        - 'Audit-CVE'
    EventID: 1
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.execution
  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1203
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.t1068
  • attack.t1211
  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1212
  • attack.lateral-movement
  • attack.t1210
  • attack.impact
  • attack.t1499.004

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/application/microsoft-windows_audit_cve/win_audit_cve.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Audit CVE Event" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Zach Mathis (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/application/microsoft-windows_audit_cve/win_audit_cve.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Audit CVE Event",
entity page, dataset version ref-3ee556ffc79e, updated 2022-10-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/48d91a3a-2363-43ba-a456-ca71ac3da5c2 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 48d91a3a-2363-43ba-a456-ca71ac3da5c2, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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