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.

Alert Message

OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows Client-Server Runtime Subsystem privilege escalation attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for executable known to exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Client-Server Runtime Subsystem.

What To Look For

This rule alerts when an malicious executable designed to exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability is identified.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

None

Additional Links

Rule Vulnerability

No information provided

CVE Additional Information

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None

MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Privilege Escalation

Technique: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org