LoFP / legitimate use of vboxdrvinst.exe utility by virtualbox guest additions installation process

Techniques

• t1112

Sample rules

Suspicious VBoxDrvInst.exe Parameters

• source: sigma
• technicques:
  • t1112

Description

Detect VBoxDrvInst.exe run with parameters allowing processing INF file. This allows to create values in the registry and install drivers. For example one could use this technique to obtain persistence via modifying one of Run or RunOnce registry keys

Detection logic

condition: selection
selection:
  CommandLine|contains|all:
  - driver
  - executeinf
  Image|endswith: \VBoxDrvInst.exe