Rule Category

SERVER-WEBAPP -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in web based applications on servers.

Alert Message

SERVER-WEBAPP Intellian Aptus Web arbitrary command execution attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for command injection characters in the vulnerable JSON key.

What To Look For

This rule alerts when an attacker attempts to exploit a command injection vulnerability in Intellian Aptus Web.

Known Usage

Public information/Proof of Concept available

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Additional Links

Rule Vulnerability

Command Injection

Command Injection attacks target applications that allow unsafe user-supplied input. Attackers transmit this input via forms, cookies, HTTP headers, etc. and exploit the applications permissions to execute system commands without injecting code.

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2020-7980
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MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Execution

Technique: Command-Line Interface

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