ET ACTIVEX Ask.com Toolbar askBar.dll ActiveX ShortFormat Buffer Overflow Attempt


Query · suricata

flow:established,to_client;
content:"clsid"; nocase;
content:"5A074B2B-F830-49DE-A31B-5BB9D7F6B407"; nocase; distance:0;
content:"ShortFormat"; nocase;
pcre:"/<OBJECT\s+[^>]*classid\s*=\s*[\x22\x27]?\s*clsid\s*\x3a\s*\x7B?\s*5A074B2B-F830-49DE-A31B-5BB9D7F6B407/si";
Raw source ET ACTIVEX Ask.com Toolbar askBar.dll ActiveX ShortFormat Buffer Overflow Attempt · Suricata
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alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (
    msg:"ET ACTIVEX Ask.com Toolbar askBar.dll ActiveX ShortFormat Buffer Overflow Attempt";
    flow:established,to_client;
    content:"clsid"; nocase;
    content:"5A074B2B-F830-49DE-A31B-5BB9D7F6B407"; nocase; distance:0;
    content:"ShortFormat"; nocase;
    pcre:"/<OBJECT\s+[^>]*classid\s*=\s*[\x22\x27]?\s*clsid\s*\x3a\s*\x7B?\s*5A074B2B-F830-49DE-A31B-5BB9D7F6B407/si";
    reference:url,www.packetstormsecurity.nl/0911-exploits/ask_shortformat.rb.txt;
    reference:url,secunia.com/advisories/26960/;
    classtype:web-application-attack;
    sid:2010921; rev:4;
    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 High, signature_severity Major, tag ActiveX, updated_at 2019_09_27;
)

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