SID 1:46602

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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 Outlook HTML acronym tag memory corruption attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an attempt to exploit CVE-2018-8161, a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, is detected. Impact: Arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user Details: Ease of Attack: Simple

What To Look For

No information provided

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

CVE-2018-8161

Additional Links

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8161

Rule Vulnerability

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2018-8161
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