Rule Category

OS-WINDOWS -- Snort has detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in a Windows-based operating system. This does not include browser traffic or other software on the OS, but attacks against the OS itself.

Alert Message

OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows malicious LNK file download attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule detects the attempted download of a malicious LNK file used to exploit CVE-2020-0729 by looking for specific data contained within the file.

What To Look For

This rule detects the attempted download of a malicious LNK file used to exploit CVE-2020-0729.

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-2020-0729
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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