SID 1:34270

Rule Category

FILE-FLASH -- Snort has detected suspicious traffic via the Adobe Flash Player. Flash is a common target of code execution, overflow, DoS, and memory corruption attacks in particular, via swifs, action scripts, etc. Many networks block Flash altogether; the application will be deprecated in 2020.

Alert Message

FILE-FLASH Adobe Flash Player FLV tag datasize buffer overflow attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when buffer overflow vulnerability is detected in Adobe Flash Player. Impact: Attempted User Privilege Gain Details: The vulnerability is due to a flaw with the way Nellymoser audio tag data is processed. Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

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Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group