Rule Category

SERVER-MAIL -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in mail servers (such as Exchange, Courrier). These are different from protocol traffic, as this deals with the traffic going to the mail server itself.

Alert Message

SERVER-MAIL Microsoft Windows Exchange ical/vcal memory corruption attempt

Rule Explanation

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages with crafted (1) vCal or (2) iCal Calendar properties.

What To Look For

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages with crafted (1) vCal or (2) iCal Calendar properties.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].

Rule Groups

Rule Categories::Server::Mail

MITRE::ATT&CK Framework::Enterprise::Initial Access::Exploit Public-Facing Application

CVE

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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-2006-0027
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