Rule Category

FILE-FLASH -- Snort has detected suspicious traffic via the Adobe Flash Player. Flash is a common target of code execution, overflow, DoS, and memory corruption attacks in particular, via swifs, action scripts, etc. Many networks block Flash altogether; the application will be deprecated in 2020.

Alert Message

FILE-FLASH Adobe Flash memory corruption exploit attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an attacker attempts to exploit a memory corruption vulnerability present in Adobe Flash. Impact: Attempted User Privilege Gain Details: Rule checks for an attempt to corrupt memory in Adobe Flash. Ease of Attack: Hard

What To Look For

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

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CVE

Rule Vulnerability

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2009-3798
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