SID 1:58966

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Rule Category

SERVER-WEBAPP -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in web based applications on servers.

Alert Message

SERVER-WEBAPP Apache Airflow command injection attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for a malicious HTTP request sent to Apache Airflow that contains a command injection metacharacter present in either of the following JSON keys: message.

What To Look For

This rule fires on HTTP requests intended to exploit a JSON command injection vulnerability in Apache Airflow.

Known Usage

No public information.

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

CVE-2020-11978

Rule Vulnerability

Command Injection

Command Injection attacks target applications that allow unsafe user-supplied input. Attackers transmit this input via forms, cookies, HTTP headers, etc. and exploit the applications permissions to execute system commands without injecting code.

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2020-11978
 Loading description

MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Initial Access

Technique: Exploit Public-Facing Application

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