Rule Category

FILE-OFFICE -- Snort detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in files belonging to the Microsoft Office suite of software (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Access, Outlook, etc.).

Alert Message

FILE-OFFICE Microsoft Word remote code execution attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks bytes specific to office files that can lead to remote code execution in Microsoft Word.

What To Look For

This rule fires on attempts to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Additional Links

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-2024-21379
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