Sigma rule: Fsutil Drive Enumeration
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-2700694d01ce, updated 2022-07-14T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Fsutil Drive Enumeration
- Status
- test
- Level
- low
- Author
- Christopher Peacock '@securepeacock', SCYTHE '@scythe_io'
- Date
- 2022-03-29
- Modified
- 2022-07-14
- File
- rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_fsutil_drive_enumeration.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Attackers may leverage fsutil to enumerated connected drives.
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- process_creation
Detection
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: '\fsutil.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'fsutil.exe'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains: 'drives'
condition: all of selection_*False positives (as the rule lists them)
- Certain software or administrative tasks may trigger false positives.
Tags
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1120
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- Turla has used fsutil fsinfo drives to list connected drives.
- https://github.com/elastic/detection-rules/blob/414d32027632a49fb239abb8fbbb55d3fa8dd861/rules/windows/discovery_peripheral_device.toml
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Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Fsutil Drive Enumeration" by Christopher Peacock '@securepeacock', SCYTHE '@scythe_io' (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_fsutil_drive_enumeration.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Fsutil Drive Enumeration",
entity page, dataset version ref-2700694d01ce, updated 2022-07-14T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/63de06b9-a385-40b5-8b32-73f2b9ef84b6 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 63de06b9-a385-40b5-8b32-73f2b9ef84b6, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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