Sigma rule: Vulnerable Lenovo Driver Load

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-1a9684463901, updated 2023-09-12T00:00:00.000Z.

SigmaHQ marks this rule as deprecated.

Rule

Title
Vulnerable Lenovo Driver Load
Status
deprecated
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022/11/10
Modified
2023/09/12
File
deprecated/windows/driver_load_win_vuln_lenovo_driver.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the load of the vulnerable Lenovo driver as reported in CVE-2022-3699 which can be used to escalate privileges

Log source

product
windows
category
driver_load

Detection

selection:
    Hashes|contains:
        - 'SHA256=F05B1EE9E2F6AB704B8919D5071BECBCE6F9D0F9D0BA32A460C41D5272134ABE'
        - 'SHA1=B89A8EEF5AEAE806AF5BA212A8068845CAFDAB6F'
        - 'MD5=B941C8364308990EE4CC6EADF7214E0F'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate driver loads (old driver that didn't receive an update)

Tags

  • attack.privilege_escalation
  • cve.2021.21551
  • attack.t1543

CVEs this rule names

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/deprecated/windows/driver_load_win_vuln_lenovo_driver.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Vulnerable Lenovo Driver Load" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/driver_load_win_vuln_lenovo_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: Vulnerable Lenovo Driver Load",
entity page, dataset version ref-1a9684463901, updated 2023-09-12T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/ac683a42-877b-4ff8-91ac-69e94b0f70b4 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule ac683a42-877b-4ff8-91ac-69e94b0f70b4, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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