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From alert to driver vulnerability: Microsoft Defender ATP investigation unearths privilege escalation flaw

April 8, 2019 admin Blue Hat, cybersecurity, DoublePulsar, Endpoint security, exploit, kernel driver, kernel sensors, kernel-mode attacks, Microsoft Defender ATP, privlege escalation, responsible vulnerability disclosure, Vulnerability, Windows Defender ATP

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:00:07 +0000

Our discovery of two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in a driver highlights the strength of Microsoft Defender ATP’s sensors. These sensors expose anomalous behavior and give SecOps personnel the intelligence and tools to investigate threats, as we did.

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