Sigma rule: CodeIntegrity - Blocked Image Load With Revoked Certificate

Rule

Title

CodeIntegrity - Blocked Image Load With Revoked Certificate

Status

test

Level

high

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Date

2023-06-06

File

rules/windows/builtin/code_integrity/win_codeintegrity_revoked_image_blocked.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects blocked image load events with revoked certificates by code integrity.

Log source

product

windows

service

codeintegrity-operational

Detection

selection:
    EventID: 3036 # Windows is unable to verify the integrity of the file %2 because the signing certificate has been revoked.  Check with the publisher to see if a new signed version of the kernel module is available.
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unlikely

Tags

• attack.privilege-escalation

References

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-control/windows-defender-application-control/operations/event-id-explanations
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-control/windows-defender-application-control/operations/event-tag-explanations
• Internal Research

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/code_integrity/win_codeintegrity_revoked_image_blocked.yml