Rule Category

SERVER-IIS -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft IIS Web Servers.

Alert Message

SERVER-IIS Microsoft Windows IIS directory traversal attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an attacker attempts to exploit a directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Office Impact: Information disclosure Remote code execution Details: The rule is looking for the exploitation of the vulnerability when attempting to do directory traversal. Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

This rule looks for attempts to trigger a directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows IIS servers.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Rule Vulnerability

Directory Traversal

A Directory Traversal attack targets HTTP traffic and allows the attacker to access directories outside the applications own, potentially exposing sensitive system files to leakage or overwriting. This is also known as Directory Climbing, Path Traversal, or Backtracking. An alert on this kind of attack indicates a vulnerability in security validation of user input that allows a "traverse to parent directory" or "../" command to pass through. Protect your site by filtering all user input, removing any characters but the allowed data.

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-1999-0229
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MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Initial Access

Technique: Exploit Public-Facing Application

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