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Atomicorp WAF Rule 340008

Rule Summary

  • Rule ID: 340008
  • Status: Active
  • Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules: Bogus Path denied
  • Observed CWEs: None documented
  • Revision: 9
  • Rule severity: Critical (2)
  • Phase: 2 (request body)
  • Request surfaces: Request URI, Request filename, Request headers, Request arguments, JSON request data, SOAP request data
  • Rule action: deny
  • HTTP status: 403
  • Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule is detecting the use of a bogus path. An example of a bogus path would be:

/.../some_file

There is no such valid path in any operating system. “…” is an invalid directory. This would be an indication of a possible attempt to access hidden content on the system, or to create a hidden directory.

False Positives

There are no known valid conditions in which this can occur.

If you believe this to be a a false positive, please report this to our security team to determine if this is a legitimate case, or if its clever attack on your system. Instructions to report false positives are detailed on the Reporting False Positives wiki page.

If you wish to tune this rule yourself, please see the Tuning the Atomicorp WAF Rules page for basic information.

Similar Rules

WAF_340007

WAF_340006

This is a selected list of documented research observations, not an exhaustive coverage matrix. Absence of a CVE does not imply absence of protection.

No selected related public CVE research notes are currently published.

Documentation Source

  • Original wiki page: WAF 340008
  • Source revision: 708
  • Source revision date: 2009-11-26