Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Critical vulnerability affecting some unknown functionality of the component Win32k
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21882
Public exploit code was disclosed and CISA requires all federal agencies to patch all systems vulnerable to CVE-2022-21882 by Feb 18, 2022.
Background
A local, authenticated attacker could gain elevated local system or administrator privileges through a vulnerability in the Win32k.sys driver. CISA has added to the list of known publically exploited vulnerabilities on February 4, 2022.
Announced
Announced and fix published by Microsoft on January 11 as part of patch Tuesday -
Latest Developments
As per a binding operational directive (BOD 22-01) issued in November and today's announcement, all Federal Civilian Executive Branch Agencies (FCEB) agencies are now required to patch all systems against this vulnerability within two weeks, until February 18th. While BOD 22-01 only applies to FCEB agencies, CISA strongly urges all private and public sector organizations to reduce their exposure to ongoing cyberattacks by adopting this Directive and prioritizing mitigation of vulnerabilities included in its catalog of actively exploited security flaws.
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PROTECT

Countermeasures across the security fabric for protecting assets, data and network from cybersecurity events:

Reconnaissance
Weaponization

Delivery

Vulnerability

Detects the presence of Win32k vulnerability CVE-2022-21882, and applies auto-patching if enabled.

DB 1.287

Exploitation

IPS

Blocks attempts to exploit CVE-2022-21882

DB 19.244
DB 19.244
DB 19.244
DB 19.244
DB 19.244
Installation
C2
Action
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DETECT

Find and correlate important information to identify an outbreak, the following updates are available to raise alert and generate reports:

Outbreak Detection

DB 1.00049
Threat Hunting
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RESPOND

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Automated Response

Services that can automaticlly respond to this outbreak.

Assisted Response Services

Experts to assist you with analysis, containment and response activities.

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RECOVER

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NOC/SOC Training

Train your network and security professionals and optimize your incident response to stay on top of the cyberattacks.

End-User Training

Raise security awareness to your employees that are continuously being targetted by phishing, drive-by download and other forms of cyberattacks.

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IDENTIFY

Identify processes and assets that need protection:

Attack Surface Hardening

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