""ET CURRENT_EVENTS Suspicious FTP RETR to .hta file possible exploit (CVE-2017-0199)""

SID: 2024434

Revision: 2

Class Type: bad-unknown

Metadata: affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, affected_product MS_Office, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2017_06_29, cve CVE_2017_0199, deployment Perimeter, performance_impact Low, signature_severity Major, tag possible_exploitation, updated_at 2017_06_29

Reference:

Protocol: tcp

Source Network: $HOME_NET

Source Port: any

Destination Network: $EXTERNAL_NET

Destination Port: 21

Flow: established,to_server

Contents:

  • Value: "|2e|hta|0d 0a|"

  • Value: "RETR "

Within:

PCRE: "/^[^\r\n]+.hta\r?\n/Ri"

Special Options:

  • nocase

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