Sid 1-58871

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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 10 elevation of privilege attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for an specific pattern of instructions that cause an elevation of privileges in Windows 10 related to the CVE-2022-21908.

What To Look For

This rule will alert when there's any attempt to exploit CVE-2022-21908

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Privilege Escalation

Technique: DLL Side-Loading

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

Additional Links

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21908

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