Rule Category

OS-WINDOWS -- Snort has detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in a Windows-based operating system. This does not include browser traffic or other software on the OS, but attacks against the OS itself. (such as?)

Alert Message

OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows DWM Core Library elevation of privilege attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for bytes known to be specific to files that are intended to exploit an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Desktop Windows Manager (DWM) library.

What To Look For

This rule fires on attempts to exploit an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Desktop Windows Manager (DWM) library.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

MITRE::ATT&CK Framework::Enterprise::Execution::User Execution::Malicious File

MITRE::ATT&CK Framework::Enterprise::Privilege Escalation::Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability::Severity::High

Vulnerability::Severity::Critical

Vulnerability::Severity::Medium

CVE

Additional Links

Rule Vulnerability

Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption is any vulnerability that allows the modification of the content of memory locations in a way not intended by the developer. Memory corruption results are inconsistent; they could lead to fatal errors and system crashes or data leakage; some have no effect at all.

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2025-58722
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