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Potential privilege escalation via CVE-2022-38028

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Potential privilege escalation via CVE-2022-38028

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Identifies a privilege escalation attempt via exploiting CVE-2022-38028 to hijack the print spooler service execution.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

logs-endpoint.events.file-*
logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*
endgame-*

Severity: high

Risk score: 73

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/04/22/analyzing-forest-blizzards-custom-post-compromise-tool-for-exploiting-cve-2022-38028-to-obtain-credentials/

Tags:

Domain: Endpoint
OS: Windows
Use Case: Threat Detection
Tactic: Privilege Escalation
Tactic: Defense Evasion
Data Source: Elastic Endgame
Data Source: Elastic Defend
Data Source: Sysmon

Version: 1

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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file where host.os.type == "windows" and
           file.path : ("?:\\*\\Windows\\system32\\DriVerStoRe\\FiLeRePoSiToRy\\*\\MPDW-constraints.js",
                        "?:\\*\\Windows\\WinSxS\\amd64_microsoft-windows-printing-printtopdf_*\\MPDW-constraints.js")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Privilege Escalation
- ID: TA0004
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
Technique:
- Name: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
- ID: T1068
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1068/
Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
Technique:
- Name: Masquerading
- ID: T1036
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/

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