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.
OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows kernel driver escalation of privilege attempt
This rule searches for specific opcodes within the malicious binary.
This rule fires against Windows executables designed to exploit CVE-2020-0941.
No public information
No known false positives
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
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Escalation of Privilege
An Escalation of Privilege (EOP) attack is any attack method that results in a user or application gaining permissions to access resources they normally would not have access to.
CVE-2020-0941 |
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CVE-2021-40450 |
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Tactic: Privilege Escalation
Technique: File System Permissions Weakness
For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org