Sigma rule: Tap Driver Installation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-1d110e624e96, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Tap Driver Installation
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community
Date: 2019-10-24
Modified: 2022-12-25
File: rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_tap_driver.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Well-known TAP software installation. Possible preparation for data exfiltration using tunnelling techniques

Log source

product: windows
service: system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
    ImagePath|contains: 'tap0901'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Legitimate OpenVPN TAP installation

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1048

References

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ManagingWindowsTAPDrivers

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/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_tap_driver.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Tap Driver Installation" by Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Ian Davis, oscd.community (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_tap_driver.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: Tap Driver Installation",
entity page, dataset version ref-1d110e624e96, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/8e4cf0e5-aa5d-4dc3-beff-dc26917744a9 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 8e4cf0e5-aa5d-4dc3-beff-dc26917744a9, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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