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 Excel information disclosure attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an attempt to get an information disclosure on Microsoft Excel, is detected Impact: High Details: Ease of Attack: Simple

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No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

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CVE

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CVE Additional Information

CVE-2019-0669
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
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