rtkiow8x64.sys
Realtek IO Driver file version info
Driver on Windows LOLDrivers vulnerable driver
A known vulnerable driver
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Its entrieshttps://www.loldrivers.io/drivers/8d3f27bd-c3fd-48d0-913a-e2caa6fbd025/
https://www.loldrivers.io/drivers/998ed67c-9c20-46ef-a6ba-abc606b540b9/
https://www.loldrivers.io/drivers/998ed67c-9c20-46ef-a6ba-abc606b540b9/
2 known samples
1.009.0709.2020 · its entry
b205835b818d8a50903cf76936fcf8160060762725bd74a523320cfbd091c0381.008.0823.2017 · its entry
082c39fe2e3217004206535e271ebd45c11eb072efde4cc9885b25ba5c39f91dFrom LOLDrivers (Apache 2.0). A driver is known by its hash: a sample under another name is the same driver. In Ceplin, "<sha256>".whatis() says which sample a hash is.
Is it the real rtkiow8x64.sys?
ProductRealtek IO Driver, Realtek
DescriptionRealtek IO Driver
From the file’s version info, as recorded by xCyclopedia (MIT). A copy in another folder, signed by someone else or with another hash is not necessarily malicious, but it is worth a closer look.