Sigma rule: NTFS Vulnerability Exploitation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-82e99c2dd3e3, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
NTFS Vulnerability Exploitation
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2021-01-11
Modified
2022-12-25
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/ntfs/win_system_ntfs_vuln_exploit.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

This the exploitation of a NTFS vulnerability as reported without many details via Twitter

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: Ntfs
    EventID: 55
    Origin: 'File System Driver'
    Description|contains|all:
        - 'contains a corrupted file record'
        - 'The name of the file is "\"'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely

Tags

  • attack.impact
  • attack.t1499.001

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/system/ntfs/win_system_ntfs_vuln_exploit.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "NTFS Vulnerability Exploitation" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/ntfs/win_system_ntfs_vuln_exploit.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: NTFS Vulnerability Exploitation",
entity page, dataset version ref-82e99c2dd3e3, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/f14719ce-d3ab-4e25-9ce6-2899092260b0 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule f14719ce-d3ab-4e25-9ce6-2899092260b0, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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