ET ACTIVEX HP Easy Printer Care Software XMLCacheMgr ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Attempt

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_client;
content:"ActiveXObject"; nocase;
content:"HPESPRIT.XMLCacheMgr.1"; nocase; distance:0;
content:"CacheDocumentXMLWithId"; nocase; distance:0;
Raw source ET ACTIVEX HP Easy Printer Care Software XMLCacheMgr ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Attempt · Suricata
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alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS -> $HOME_NET any (
    msg:"ET ACTIVEX HP Easy Printer Care Software XMLCacheMgr ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Attempt";
    flow:established,to_client;
    content:"ActiveXObject"; nocase;
    content:"HPESPRIT.XMLCacheMgr.1"; nocase; distance:0;
    content:"CacheDocumentXMLWithId"; nocase; distance:0;
    reference:bid,51396;
    reference:cve,2011-4786;
    classtype:attempted-user;
    sid:2014132; rev:2;
    metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2012_01_18, cve CVE_2011_4786, deployment Perimeter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag ActiveX, updated_at 2019_07_26, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application;
)

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