Potential privilege escalation via CVE-2022-38028

 1[metadata]
 2creation_date = "2024/04/23"
 3integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "m365_defender", "sentinel_one_cloud_funnel"]
 4maturity = "production"
 5updated_date = "2024/10/15"
 6min_stack_version = "8.14.0"
 7min_stack_comments = "Breaking change at 8.14.0 for the Windows Integration."
 8
 9[rule]
10author = ["Elastic"]
11description = "Identifies a privilege escalation attempt via exploiting CVE-2022-38028 to hijack the print spooler service execution.\n"
12from = "now-9m"
13index = ["logs-endpoint.events.file-*", "logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*", "endgame-*", "winlogbeat-*", "logs-m365_defender.event-*", "logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*"]
14language = "eql"
15license = "Elastic License v2"
16name = "Potential privilege escalation via CVE-2022-38028"
17references = [
18    "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/",
19]
20risk_score = 73
21rule_id = "dffbd37c-d4c5-46f8-9181-5afdd9172b4c"
22severity = "high"
23tags = [
24    "Domain: Endpoint",
25    "OS: Windows",
26    "Use Case: Threat Detection",
27    "Tactic: Privilege Escalation",
28    "Tactic: Defense Evasion",
29    "Data Source: Elastic Endgame",
30    "Data Source: Elastic Defend",
31    "Data Source: Sysmon",
32    "Data Source: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint",
33    "Data Source: SentinelOne",
34]
35timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
36type = "eql"
37
38query = '''
39file where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type != "deletion" and
40    file.name : "MPDW-constraints.js" and
41    file.path : (
42        "?:\\*\\Windows\\system32\\DriVerStoRe\\FiLeRePoSiToRy\\*\\MPDW-constraints.js",
43        "?:\\*\\Windows\\WinSxS\\amd64_microsoft-windows-printing-printtopdf_*\\MPDW-constraints.js"
44    )
45'''
46
47
48[[rule.threat]]
49framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
50[[rule.threat.technique]]
51id = "T1068"
52name = "Exploitation for Privilege Escalation"
53reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1068/"
54
55
56[rule.threat.tactic]
57id = "TA0004"
58name = "Privilege Escalation"
59reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/"
60[[rule.threat]]
61framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
62[[rule.threat.technique]]
63id = "T1036"
64name = "Masquerading"
65reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/"
66
67
68[rule.threat.tactic]
69id = "TA0005"
70name = "Defense Evasion"
71reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"