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Atomicorp WAF Rule 340021
Rule Summary
- Rule ID: 340021
- Status: Active
- Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules: PARANOID MODE PHP Injection Attack 1
- Observed CWEs: None documented
- Revision: 5
- Rule severity: Critical (2)
- Phase: 2 (request body)
- Request surfaces: Request URI, Request arguments, JSON request data, SOAP request data
- Rule action: block
- HTTP status: 403
- Logging: inherited from SecDefaultAction
Description
This rule detects Remote File Injection attack attempts. These types of attacks work by tricking an application into download software into itself, which will allow the attacker to download any software they want unto the victims systems, thereby compromising it.
This rules work by detecting known malicious modes and known vulnerable applications that are used to inject code into the system.
False Positives
No known false positives.
It is not recommended that you disable this rule if you believe that you have a false positive. If you believe this is 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 it is a false positive, we will fix the issue in the rules and get a release out to you promptly.
Tuning Guidance
None.
Similar Rules
Selected Related CVEs
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 340021
- Source revision: 2627
- Source revision date: 2012-09-07