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 NPFS file system privilege escalation attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule is looking for binary code that attempts to exploit CVE 2022-22715

What To Look For

This rule detects an exe file containing an NPFS file system privilege escalation attempt

Known Usage

Public information/Proof of Concept available

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Additional Links

Rule Vulnerability

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 Additional Information

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
CVE-2022-22715
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