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.
OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows AD DS potential elevation of privilege attempt
This rule looks for attempts to change a computer account's sAMAccountName attribute to a string that does not end in a dollar sign.
This rule looks for potential attempts to exploit an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Windows' Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
No public information
No known false positives
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
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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-2021-42278 |
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CVE-2021-42287 |
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CVE-2021-42291 |
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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
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