SID 1:17773

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Rule Category

FILE-MULTIMEDIA -- Snort detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in multimedia files (mp3, movies, wmv, etc.).

Alert Message

FILE-MULTIMEDIA Microsoft Windows Media Player Firefox plugin memory corruption attempt

Rule Explanation

Rule is checking for the ability for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in a client environment.

What To Look For

The rule will alert when it detect the reloading of JavaScript function that self references itself.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

CVE-2010-2745

Additional Links

technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS10-083

Rule Vulnerability

Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption is any vulnerability that allows the modification of the content of memory locations in a way not intended by the developer. Memory corruption results are inconsistent; they could lead to fatal errors and system crashes or data leakage; some have no effect at all.

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2010-2745

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MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Execution

Technique: Exploitation for Client Execution

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