Rule Category

FILE-OFFICE -- Snort detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in files belonging to the Microsoft Office suite of software (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Access, Outlook, etc.).

Alert Message

FILE-OFFICE Microsoft Office Word sprmPItap heap corruption attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for attempts to exploit a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word. Impact: Attempted User Privilege Gain Details: This rule fires when attackers attempt to exploit a heap corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word's sprmPItap parsing. Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].

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CVE-2015-2379
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CVE-2019-1201
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