Rule Category

SERVER-IIS -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft IIS Web Servers.

Alert Message

SERVER-IIS Microsoft IIS HTMLEncode Unicode string buffer overflow

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when a buffer overflow attempt is detected in Microsoft IIS. Impact: Web Application Attack Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

This event is generated when a buffer overflow attempt is detected in Microsoft IIS.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

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CVE

Additional Links

Rule Vulnerability

Buffer Overflow

Buffer Overflows occur when a memory location is filled past its expected boundaries. Computer attackers target systems without proper terminating conditions on buffers, which then write the additional information in other locations in memory, overwriting what is there. This could corrupt the data, making the system behave erratically or crash. The new information could include malicious executable code, which might be executed.

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2008-0075
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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