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. (such as?)

Alert Message

OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows Server L2TP remote code execution attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for attempts to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol on Microsoft Windows hosts.

What To Look For

This rule looks for attempts to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

Rule Categories::Server::Other

CVE

None

Additional Links

Rule Vulnerability

No information provided

CVE Additional Information

None