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Check VMWare DeviceMap

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Retrieved: 2026-04-18T16:05:06Z · Confidence: medium

Hunt Hypothesis

The hypothesis is that an adversary may be using VMware DeviceMap to enumerate or manipulate virtual hardware configurations, potentially leading to privilege escalation or persistence. SOC teams should proactively hunt for this behavior in Azure Sentinel to identify potential lateral movement or system compromise attempts that evade traditional detection methods.

YARA Rule

rule Check_VMWare_DeviceMap
{
	meta:
		Author = "Nick Hoffman"
		Description = "Checks for the existence of VmWare Registry Keys"
		Sample = "de1af0e97e94859d372be7fcf3a5daa5"
	strings:
		$key = "HARDWARE\\DEVICEMAP\\Scsi\\Scsi Port 0\\Scsi Bus 0\\Target Id 0\\Logical Unit Id 0" wide ascii nocase
		$value = "Identifier" wide nocase ascii
		$data = "VMware" wide nocase ascii
	condition:
		all of them
}

Deployment Notes

This YARA rule can be deployed in the following contexts:

This rule contains 3 string patterns in its detection logic.

False Positive Guidance

Original source: https://github.com/Yara-Rules/rules/blob/main/antidebug_antivm/antidebug_antivm.yar