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CVE-2025-30400 Mapped Sigma

Microsoft Windows DWM Core Library Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Vendor / product

Microsoft — Windows

Description (CISA)

Microsoft Windows DWM Core Library contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Added to KEV

2025-05-13

Due date

2025-06-03

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Known ransomware use

Unknown

CWE

CWE-416

CISA notes

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2025-30400
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30400

Elsewhere

cve.org · NVD · CISA KEV · JSON

ATT&CK techniques · CTID Mappings Explorer, ATT&CK 16.1, KEV snapshot 2025-07-28

2 mapping objects across 2 techniques. exploitation technique states how the vulnerability is exploited; primary and secondary impact state what exploitation achieves. They are different claims and are labelled as such.

Detection chain · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2 detection strategies, analytics, log sources

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation exploitation technique

• DET0514 Detection Strategy for Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
  AN1419 Windows

  Detects exploitation attempts targeting vulnerable kernel drivers or OS components, often followed by unusual process or token behavior.

  WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=6 → DC0079 Driver Load

  WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=1 → DC0032 Process Creation

  WinEventLog:Security EventCode=4672 → DC0088 Logon Session Metadata

  Tunable: DriverNamePattern TimeWindow ParentProcessPath
  AN1420 Linux

  Detects escalation via vulnerable setuid binaries or kernel modules, often chained with unusual access to /proc/kallsyms or /dev/kmem.

  auditd:SYSCALL execve → DC0032 Process Creation

  auditd:SYSCALL ACCESS → DC0035 Process Access

  auditd:SYSCALL dmesg → DC0016 Module Load

  Tunable: SetUIDBinaryList TimeWindow EffectiveUIDThreshold
  AN1421 macOS

  Detects use of vulnerable kernel extensions or entitlements abused via setuid or AppleScript injection chains.

  macos:unifiedlog process:exec and kext load events → DC0032 Process Creation

  macos:endpointsecurity ES_EVENT_TYPE_NOTIFY_KEXTLOAD → DC0016 Module Load

  Tunable: EntitlementList TimeWindow
  AN1422 Containers

  Detects container breakout behavior via exploitation (e.g., DirtyPipe, CVE-2022-0847), followed by host OS interaction or escalated capability assignment.

  auditd:SYSCALL capset or setns → DC0067 Logon Session Creation

  containerd:runtime e.g., containerd, Docker events → DC0091 Container Enumeration

  Tunable: NamespaceEscapePattern TimeWindow

Sigma rules tagged attack.t1068 (31)

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T1112 Modify Registry primary impact

• DET0280 Behavior-Based Registry Modification Detection on Windows
  AN0781 Windows

  Behavior chain involving abnormal registry modifications via CLI, PowerShell, WMI, or direct API calls, especially targeting persistence, privilege escalation, or defense evasion keys, potentially followed by service restart or process execution. Such as editing Notify/Userinit/Startup keys, or disabling SafeDllSearchMode.

  WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=13, 14 → DC0063 Windows Registry Key Modification

  WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=1 → DC0032 Process Creation

  Tunable: RegistryKeyPathPatterns ParentProcessAllowList TimeWindow SignatureCheck

Sigma rules tagged attack.t1112 (96)

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