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OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows Win32k driver privilege escalation attempt
This rule looks for specially crafted executables which exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Win32k driver.
This rule alerts when specially crafted executables, which exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, are detected.
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No known false positives
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
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Tactic: Privilege Escalation
Technique: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org