Device Driver Discovery
- ID
- T1652
- Tactics
- TA0007 Discovery
- Platforms
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Data sources
- Process Creation, Windows Registry Key Modification, Command Execution, File Access
- Source
- attack.mitre.org
- MITRE last modified
- 16 Apr 2025
Adversaries may attempt to enumerate local device drivers on a victim host. Information about device drivers may highlight various insights that shape follow-on behaviors, such as the function/purpose of the host, present security tools (i.e. Security Software Discovery) or other defenses (e.g., Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion), as well as potential exploitable vulnerabilities (e.g., Exploitation for Privilege Escalation).
Many OS utilities may provide information about local device drivers, such as driverquery.exe and the EnumDeviceDrivers() API function on Windows.[1][2] Information about device drivers (as well as associated services, i.e., System Service Discovery) may also be available in the Registry.[3]
On Linux/macOS, device drivers (in the form of kernel modules) may be visible within /dev or using utilities such as lsmod and modinfo.[4][5][6]
Detection
- DET0579 Detection Strategy for Device Driver Discovery
Data components: Process Creation, Windows Registry Key Modification, Command Execution, File Access