SID 1:45394

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Rule Category

SERVER-OTHER -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in a server in the network.

Alert Message

SERVER-OTHER Quest Privilege Manager pmmasterd denial of service attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an attacker attempts a denial of service attack against Quest Privilege Manager. Impact: Denial of service Details: Rule checks for an attempt to trigger a denial of service in the Quest Privilege Manager pmmasterd daemon. Ease of Attack: Medium; currently no publicly available exploits exist to trigger a denial of service vulnerability in this fashion

What To Look For

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Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

CVE-2017-6553

Additional Links

0xdeadface.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-quest-privilege-manager-6-0-0-xx-cve-2017-6553-cve-2017-6554/

Rule Vulnerability

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2017-6553
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