Rule Category

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

Alert Message

SERVER-OTHER Network Time Server denial of service attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an attempt to exploit CVE-2018-7658 is detected. Impact: Attempted Denial of Service Details: Network Time System (Server) "NTSServerSvc" service listens on Port 7001, unauthenticated remote attackers can crash the Server by sending exactly 11 bytes to the target system. Systems which may depend on critical time synchronization could then potentially be impacted. Ease of Attack: Simple, a proof of concept exists in the wild.

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Known Usage

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False Positives

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Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

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CVE

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CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2018-7658
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