Detectionmediumtest

Path Traversal Exploitation Attempts

Detects path traversal exploitation attempts

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Subhash Popuri, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Thurein Oo, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Sat Sep 25Updated Thu Aug 317745c2ea-24a5-4290-b680-04359cb84b35web
Log Source
Web Server Log
CategoryWeb Server Log← raw: webserver

HTTP access logs from web servers capturing request paths, methods, and status codes.

Detection Logic
Detection Logic1 selector
detection:
    selection:
        cs-uri-query|contains:
            - '../../../../../lib/password'
            - '../../../../windows/'
            - '../../../etc/'
            - '..%252f..%252f..%252fetc%252f'
            - '..%c0%af..%c0%af..%c0%afetc%c0%af'
            - '%252e%252e%252fetc%252f'
    condition: selection
False Positives

Expected to be continuously seen on systems exposed to the Internet

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Rule Metadata
Rule ID
7745c2ea-24a5-4290-b680-04359cb84b35
Status
test
Level
medium
Type
Detection
Created
Sat Sep 25
Modified
Thu Aug 31
Path
rules/web/webserver_generic/web_path_traversal_exploitation_attempt.yml
Raw Tags
attack.initial-accessattack.t1190
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