Rule Category

OS-WINDOWS -- Snort has detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in a Windows-based operating system. This does not include browser traffic or other software on the OS, but attacks against the OS itself.

Alert Message

OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows SMB chained compression out of bounds read attempt

Rule Explanation

The rule looks for exploitation of a length field validation vulnerability.

What To Look For

This rule fires upon attempts to exploit a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows SMB compressed message chain parsing functionality that may lead to kernel information disclosure and/or denial of service.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Additional Links

Rule Vulnerability

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2020-1284
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MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Impact

Technique: System Shutdown/Reboot

For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org