Rule Category

FILE-OTHER -- Snort detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in a file type that does not require enough rule coverage to have its own category.

Alert Message

FILE-OTHER Adobe Acrobat and Reader crafted .joboptions file download attempt

Rule Explanation

Certain versions of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability if a specially crafted '.joboptions' file is opened and read by Acrobat or Reader. Successful exploitation could lead to possible information disclosure.

What To Look For

This event is generated when a specially crafted Adobe joboptions file designed to exploit an out-of-bounds read is detected.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Rule Vulnerability

Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption is any vulnerability that allows the modification of the content of memory locations in a way not intended by the developer. Memory corruption results are inconsistent; they could lead to fatal errors and system crashes or data leakage; some have no effect at all.

CVE Additional Information

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
CVE-2019-7110
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MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Initial Access

Technique: Spearphishing Attachment

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