""ET INFO Possibly Suspicious Request for Putty.exe from Non-Standard Download Location""

SID: 2026570

Revision: 2

Class Type: bad-unknown

Metadata: affected_product Web_Browsers, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2018_11_02, deployment Perimeter, signature_severity Minor, updated_at 2018_11_02

Reference:

Protocol: tcp

Source Network: $HOME_NET

Source Port: any

Destination Network: $EXTERNAL_NET

Destination Port: $HTTP_PORTS

Flow: to_server,established

Contents:

  • Value: "GET"

  • Value: "/putty.exe"

  • Value: !"Host|3a 20|the.earth.li"

Within:

PCRE: "/\/putty.exe$/Ui"

Special Options:

  • http_method

  • http_uri

  • nocase

  • http_header

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