SID 1:52079

Rule Category

FILE-FLASH -- Snort has detected suspicious traffic via the Adobe Flash Player. Flash is a common target of code execution, overflow, DoS, and memory corruption attacks in particular, via swifs, action scripts, etc. Many networks block Flash altogether; the application will be deprecated in 2020.

Alert Message

FILE-FLASH Adobe Flash Player FLV Nellymoser audio codec stack overflow attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an attacker attempts to exploit a stack overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. Impact: Attempted User Privilege Gain Details: This rule checks for attempts to exploit a stack overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player's parsing of FLV files with Nellymoser audio codecs. Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

No information provided

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group