SID 1:49574

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Rule Category

FILE-MULTIMEDIA -- Snort detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in multimedia files (mp3, movies, wmv, etc.).

Alert Message

FILE-MULTIMEDIA RealNetworks RealPlayer mpeg width integer memory underflow attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when a malformed RealPlayer video designed to exploit RealNetworks is detected. Impact: Attempted User Privilege Gain Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

Integer underflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer before 15.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width value in an MPG file.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

CVE-2011-4259

Additional Links

osvdb.org/show/osvdb/77280

Rule Vulnerability

Escalation of Privilege

An Escalation of Privilege (EOP) attack is any attack method that results in a user or application gaining permissions to access resources they normally would not have access to.

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2011-4259
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MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Privilege Escalation

Technique: Access Token Manipulation

For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org