alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (
msg:"ET ACTIVEX winhlp32 ActiveX control attack - phase 1";
flowbits:noalert;
flow:to_client,established;
file_data;
content:"|3C|OBJECT"; nocase;
content:"application/x-oleobject"; nocase; within:64;
content:"codebase="; nocase;
content:"hhctrl.ocx"; nocase; within:15;
flowbits:set,winhlp32;
classtype:web-application-attack;
sid:2001622; rev:16;
metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2010_07_30, deployment Perimeter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag ActiveX, updated_at 2019_07_26;
)