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 Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service driver escalation of privilege attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for a maliciously crafted file that exploits an escalation of privileges vulnerability Microsoft Windows.

What To Look For

This rule will alert when there's an attempt to exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service driver.

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

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CVE-2024-38052
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CVE-2024-38054
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