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 Windows print spooler elevation of privilege attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule will alert when any attempt of exploit CVE-2020-1337 has been detected.

What To Look For

This rule will alert when any attempt of exploit CVE-2020-1337 has been detected.

Known Usage

No public information

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

CVE-2020-1337
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system, aka 'Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Details
Severity Base Score7.8
Impact Score5.9 Exploit Score1.8
Confidentiality ImpactHIGH Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactHIGH Attack VectorLOCAL
ScopeUNCHANGED User InteractionNONE
Authentication Ease of AccessLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW

MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Execution

Technique: PowerShell

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