Snort - Network Intrusion Detection & Prevention System

Talos Rules 2017-08-08

This release adds and modifies rules in several categories.

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the exploit-kit and os-other rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.

For information about Snort Subscriber Rulesets available for purchase, please visit the Snort product page.

Change logs

2983

2017-08-09 02:26:00 UTC

Snort Subscriber Rules Update

Date: 2017-08-08

This is the complete list of rules modified and added in the Sourcefire VRT Certified rule pack for Snort version 2983.

The format of the file is:

gid:sid <-> Default rule state <-> Message (rule group)

New Rules:


 * 1:43884 <-> ENABLED <-> FILE-PDF Acrobat Reader FontDescriptor object type confusion attempt (file-pdf.rules)
 * 1:43883 <-> ENABLED <-> FILE-PDF Acrobat Reader FontDescriptor object type confusion attempt (file-pdf.rules)
 * 1:43881 <-> DISABLED <-> FILE-PDF Adobe PDF file annotation plugin use after free memory corruption attempt (file-pdf.rules)
 * 1:43885 <-> DISABLED <-> EXPLOIT-KIT Exploit Kit malicious redirection attempt (exploit-kit.rules)
 * 1:43882 <-> DISABLED <-> FILE-PDF Adobe PDF file annotation plugin use after free memory corruption attempt (file-pdf.rules)

Modified Rules:


 * 1:43388 <-> DISABLED <-> OS-OTHER Apple OSX CFNetwork HTTP response denial of service attempt (os-other.rules)
 * 3:39775 <-> ENABLED <-> EXPLOIT-KIT malicious Javascript detected via experimental RBF classifier (exploit-kit.rules)

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