alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: SIEM correlation: stealth activity consistent with File/Path Exclusions
Matching passage: T1564.012 File/Path Exclusions. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may attempt to hide their file-based artifacts by writing them to specific folders or file names excluded from antivirus (AV) scanning and other defensive capabilities. AV and other file-based scanners often include exclusions to optimize performance as well as ease installation and legitimate use of applications. These exclusions may be contextual (e.g., scans are only initiated in response to specific triggering events/alerts), but are also often hardcoded strings referencing specific folders and/or files assumed to be trusted and legitimate.(Citation: Microsoft File Folder Exclusions) Adversaries may abuse these exclusions to hide their file-based artifacts. For example, rather than tampering with tool settings to add a new exclusion (i.e., [Disable or Modify Tools](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1685)), adversaries may drop their file-based payloads in default or otherwise well-known exclusions. Adversaries may also use [Security Software Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1518/001) and other [Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007)/[Reconnaissance](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0043) activities to both discover and verify existing exclusions in a victim environment.
Near-miss passage: T1564.007 VBA Stomping. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may hide malicious Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) payloads embedded within MS Office documents by replacing the VBA source code with benign data.(Citation: FireEye VBA stomp Feb 2020) MS Office documents with embedded VBA content store source code inside of module streams. Each module stream has a <code>PerformanceCache</code> that stores a separate compiled version of the VBA source code known as p-code. The p-code is executed when the MS Office version specified in the <code>_VBA_PROJECT</code> stream (which contains the version-dependent description of the VBA project) matches the version of the host MS Office application.(Citation: Evil Clippy May 2019)(Citation: Microsoft _VBA_PROJECT Stream) An adversary may hide malicious VBA code by overwriting the VBA source code location with zero’s, benign code, or random bytes while leaving the previously compiled malicious p-code. Tools that scan for malicious VBA source code may be bypassed as the unwanted code is hidden in the compiled p-code. If the VBA source code is removed, some tools might even think that there are no macros present. If there is a version match between the <code>_VBA_PROJECT</code> stream and host MS Office application, the p-code will be executed, otherwise the benign VBA source code will be decompressed and recompiled to p-code, thus removing malicious p-code and potentially bypassing dynamic analysis.(Citation: Walmart Roberts Oct 2018)(Citation: FireEye VBA stomp Feb 2020)(Citation: pcodedmp Bontchev)
Query: vulnerability: CFPreferences in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 allows attackers to bypass the third-party app-sandbox protection mechanism and read arbitrary managed preferences via a crafted app.
Matching passage: CVE-2015-3793. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. CFPreferences in Apple iOS before 8.4.1 allows attackers to bypass the third-party app-sandbox protection mechanism and read arbitrary managed preferences via a crafted app.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7238. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 2.0999999046325684. The Secondary server in Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE) before 1.2.0 uses weak permissions for unspecified (1) configuration files and (2) installation logs, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the files.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-2426
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2426. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 8.800000190734863. Buffer underflow in atmfd.dll in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenType font, aka "OpenType Font Driver Vulnerability."
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7295. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 5.0. hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface.
Query: risk of The server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 6.1 before 6.1.12 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files, and subsequently execute these files, via a crafted TCP pac
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1942. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 9.300000190734863. The server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 6.1 before 6.1.12 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files, and subsequently execute these files, via a crafted TCP packet to an unspecified port.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0597. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 5.0. The Forgot Password feature in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server 1.5(.1.131) and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate administrative accounts via crafted packets, aka Bug IDs CSCuj67166 and CSCuj67159.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-4174
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4174. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the integrated web server on the Siemens Climatix BACnet/IP communication module with firmware before 10.34 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4378. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 2.0999999046325684. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Crumbs module 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.3 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "Administer Crumbs" permission to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a custom breadcrumb separator.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-0277
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0277. CWE: CWE-284. CVSS: 6.0. The Service Provider (SP) in PicketLink before 2.7.0 does not ensure that it is a member of an Audience element when an AudienceRestriction is specified, which allows remote attackers to log in to other users' accounts via a crafted SAML assertion. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. See CVE-2015-6254 for lack of validation for the Destination attribute in a Response element in a SAML assertion.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-6984. CWE: CWE-284. CVSS: 8.800000190734863. libarchive in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted app that conducts an unspecified symlink attack.
Query: detect Network Logon Script
Matching passage: T1037.003 Network Logon Script. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may use network logon scripts automatically executed at logon initialization to establish persistence. Network logon scripts can be assigned using Active Directory or Group Policy Objects.(Citation: Petri Logon Script AD) These logon scripts run with the privileges of the user they are assigned to. Depending on the systems within the network, initializing one of these scripts could apply to more than one or potentially all systems. Adversaries may use these scripts to maintain persistence on a network. Depending on the access configuration of the logon scripts, either local credentials or an administrator account may be necessary.
Near-miss passage: T1037 Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may use scripts automatically executed at boot or logon initialization to establish persistence.(Citation: Mandiant APT29 Eye Spy Email Nov 22)(Citation: Anomali Rocke March 2019) Initialization scripts can be used to perform administrative functions, which may often execute other programs or send information to an internal logging server. These scripts can vary based on operating system and whether applied locally or remotely. Adversaries may use these scripts to maintain persistence on a single system. Depending on the access configuration of the logon scripts, either local credentials or an administrator account may be necessary. An adversary may also be able to escalate their privileges since some boot or logon initialization scripts run with higher privileges.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-0907
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0907. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 6.800000190734863. Buffer overflow in Lhaplus before 1.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-5944. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 6.800000190734863. CoreText in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-5492
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5492. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Video Consultation module for Drupal allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-9405. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 6.099999904632568. The wp-piwik plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has XSS.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-4801
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4801. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 2.0999999046325684. Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.2 allows local users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Solaris Kernel Zones.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2568. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 5.0. Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.41 and earlier, and 5.6.22 and earlier, allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Server : Security : Privileges.
Query: Sigma YAML for cisco / bgp
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects BGP failures which may be indicative of brute force attacks to manipulate routing. Logsource: cisco / bgp. Rule: title: Cisco BGP Authentication Failures id: 56fa3cd6-f8d6-4520-a8c7-607292971886 status: test description: Detects BGP failures which may be indicative of brute force attacks to manipulate routing references: - https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-03/bh-us-03-convery-franz-v3.pdf author: Tim Brown date: 2023-01-09 modified: 2023-01-23 tags: - attack.initial-access - attack.persistence - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.credential-access - attack.collection - attack.stealth - attack.t1078 - attack.t1110 - attack.t1557 logsource: product: cisco service: bgp definition: 'Requirements: cisco bgp logs need to be enabled and ingested' detection: keywords_bgp_cisco: '|all': - :179 - IP-TCP-3-BADAUTH condition: keywords_bgp_cisco falsepositives: - Unlikely. Except due to misconfigurations level: low
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects setting of a new registry database value related to BgInfo configuration. Attackers can for example set this val. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: New BgInfo.EXE Custom DB Path Registry Configuration id: 53330955-dc52-487f-a3a2-da24dcff99b5 status: test description: Detects setting of a new registry database value related to BgInfo configuration. Attackers can for example set this value to save the results of the commands executed by BgInfo in order to exfiltrate information. references: - Internal Research author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-08-16 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1112 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection: TargetObject|endswith: \Software\Winternals\BGInfo\Database condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate use of external DB to save the results level: medium
Query: playbook for alert: Multiple failed authentications followed by CMSTP
Matching passage: Playbook for T1218.003 CMSTP. 1) Validate alert telemetry against T1218.003. 2) Scope affected hosts and accounts. 3) Contain by isolating endpoint / disabling account if confirmed. 4) Hunt for related tactics: stealth. 5) Eradicate persistence and recover. Reference detection notes: Adversaries may abuse CMSTP to proxy execution of malicious code. The Microsoft Connection Manager Profile Installer (CMSTP.exe) is a command-line program used to install Connection Manager service profiles. (Citation: Microsoft Connection Manager Oct 2009) CMSTP.exe accepts an installation information file (INF) as a parameter and installs a service profile leveraged for remote access connections
Near-miss passage: Playbook for T1218.010 Regsvr32. Different response path focused on stealth.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-6565
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6565. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 7.199999809265137. sshd in OpenSSH 6.8 and 6.9 uses world-writable permissions for TTY devices, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (terminal disruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a device, as demonstrated by writing an escape sequence.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4927. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 7.199999809265137. The Reporting and Monitoring component in Tivoli Monitoring in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3 before 6.3.6 and 7.1 before 7.1.3 on Linux and AIX uses world-writable permissions for unspecified files, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing to a file.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-1498
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1498. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 10.0. Persistent Systems Radia Client Automation does not properly restrict access to certain request, which allows remote attackers to (1) enumerate user accounts via a getUsers request, (2) assign a role to a user account via an addAssigneesToRole request, (3) remove a role from a user account via a removeAssigneesFromRole request, or (4) have other unspecified impact.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7496. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 7.199999809265137. GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
Query: describe CVE-2015-9138
Matching passage: CVE-2015-9138. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear, and Small Cell SoC FSM9055, IPQ4019, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 600, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, and SDX20, when an RSA encryption operation is called, the ce_util_to_unsigned_bin is invoked to convert the input buffer to unsigned binary. The ce_util_to_unsigned_bin function, instead of operating on the size of the unsigned character buffer that is passed, operates on the address - i.e. operates on "c" instead of "*c". Decrementing the address to check if it is less than zero means that the operation will always pass, since a pointer will never be less than zero, and may result in a buffer overflow.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-1897. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 7.199999809265137. Stack-based buffer overflow in the FastBackMount process in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 6.1 before 6.1.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1898.
Query: detection rule: Detects network connections via finger.exe, which can be abused by threat actors to retrieve remote commands for executi
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects network connections via finger.exe, which can be abused by threat actors to retrieve remote commands for executi. Logsource: windows / network_connection. Rule: title: Network Connection Initiated via Finger.EXE id: 2fdaf50b-9fd5-449f-ba69-f17248119af6 related: - id: c082c2b0-525b-4dbc-9a26-a57dc4692074 type: similar - id: af491bca-e752-4b44-9c86-df5680533dbc type: similar status: experimental description: 'Detects network connections via finger.exe, which can be abused by threat actors to retrieve remote commands for execution on Windows devices. In one ClickFix malware campaign, adversaries leveraged the finger protocol to fetch commands from a remote server. Since the finger utility is not commonly used in modern Windows environments, its presence already raises suspicion. Investigating such network connections can also help identify potential malicious infrastructure used by threat actors ' references: - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/decades-old-finger-protocol-abused-in-clickfix-malware-attacks/ author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2025-11-19 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1071.004 - attack.execution - attack.t1059.003 logsource: category: network_connection product: windows detection: selection: Initiated: 'true' Image|endswith: \finger.exe condition: selection falsepositives: - Unlikely level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects suspicious PowerShell invocation command parameters. Logsource: windows / ps_module. Rule: title: Suspicious PowerShell Invocations - Generic - PowerShell Module id: bbb80e91-5746-4fbe-8898-122e2cafdbf4 related: - id: 3d304fda-78aa-43ed-975c-d740798a49c1 type: derived - id: ed965133-513f-41d9-a441-e38076a0798f type: similar status: test description: Detects suspicious PowerShell invocation command parameters references: - Internal Research author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) date: 2017-03-12 modified: 2023-01-03 tags: - attack.execution - attack.t1059.001 logsource: product: windows category: ps_module definition: 0ad03ef1-f21b-4a79-8ce8-e6900c54b65b detection: selection_encoded: ContextInfo|contains: - ' -enc ' - ' -EncodedCommand ' - ' -ec ' selection_hidden: ContextInfo|contains: - ' -w hidden ' - ' -window hidden ' - ' -windowstyle hidden ' - ' -w 1 ' selection_noninteractive: ContextInfo|contains: - ' -noni ' - ' -noninteractive ' condition: all of selection* falsepositives: - Very special / sneaky PowerShell scripts level: high
Query: risk of The Job Manager plugin before 0.7.25 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary CV files via a brute force attack to the WordPress upload directory structure, related to an insecure
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6668. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 7.5. The Job Manager plugin before 0.7.25 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary CV files via a brute force attack to the WordPress upload directory structure, related to an insecure direct object reference.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2748. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 5.0. Websense TRITON AP-WEB before 8.0.0 does not properly restrict access to files in explorer_wse/, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a (1) Web Security incident report or the (2) Explorer configuration (websense.ini) file.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-2963
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2963. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. The thoughtbot paperclip gem before 4.2.2 for Ruby does not consider the content-type value during media-type validation, which allows remote attackers to upload HTML documents and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a spoofed value, as demonstrated by image/jpeg.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-6400. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cisco Emergency Responder 10.5(1a) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified fields, aka Bug ID CSCuv25547.
Query: SIEM correlation: discovery activity consistent with Application Window Discovery
Matching passage: T1010 Application Window Discovery. Tactics: discovery. Description: Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of open application windows. Window listings could convey information about how the system is used.(Citation: Prevailion DarkWatchman 2021) For example, information about application windows could be used identify potential data to collect as well as identifying security tooling ([Security Software Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1518/001)) to evade.(Citation: ESET Grandoreiro April 2020) Adversaries typically abuse system features for this type of enumeration. For example, they may gather information through native system features such as [Command and Scripting Interpreter](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059) commands and [Native API](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1106) functions.
Near-miss passage: T1654 Log Enumeration. Tactics: discovery. Description: Adversaries may enumerate system and service logs to find useful data. These logs may highlight various types of valuable insights for an adversary, such as user authentication records ([Account Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087)), security or vulnerable software ([Software Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1518)), or hosts within a compromised network ([Remote System Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1018)). Host binaries may be leveraged to collect system logs. Examples include using `wevtutil.exe` or [PowerShell](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001) on Windows to access and/or export security event information.(Citation: WithSecure Lazarus-NoPineapple Threat Intel Report 2023)(Citation: Cadet Blizzard emerges as novel threat actor) In cloud environments, adversaries may leverage utilities such as the Azure VM Agent’s `CollectGuestLogs.exe` to collect security logs from cloud hosted infrastructure.(Citation: SIM Swapping and Abuse of the Microsoft Azure Serial Console) Adversaries may also target centralized logging infrastructure such as SIEMs. Logs may also be bulk exported and sent to adversary-controlled infrastructure for offline analysis. In addition to gaining a better understanding of the environment, adversaries may also monitor logs in real time to track incident response procedures. This may allow them to adjust their techniques in order to maintain persistence or evade defenses.(Citation: Permiso GUI-Vil 2023)
Query: describe CVE-2015-8487
Matching passage: CVE-2015-8487. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Cybozu Office 9.0.0 through 10.3 allows remote attackers to discover CSRF tokens via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8488.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-1994. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 5.0. IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.x before 7.2.5 Patch 5 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for the session cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via script access to this cookie.
Query: vulnerability: The DCERPC Inspection implementation in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.4.1 through 9.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass an intended DCERPC-only ACL
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6423. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. The DCERPC Inspection implementation in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.4.1 through 9.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass an intended DCERPC-only ACL by sending arbitrary network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCuu67782.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-9008. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm closed source components. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-36384689.
Query: vulnerability: The Administration and Reporting tool in IBM Rational License Key Server (RLKS) before 8.1.4.9 iFix 04 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. I
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5045. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 3.299999952316284. The Administration and Reporting tool in IBM Rational License Key Server (RLKS) before 8.1.4.9 iFix 04 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. IBM X-Force ID: 106938.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-5916. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. The Apple Pay component in Apple iOS before 9 allows remote terminals to obtain sensitive recent-transaction information during payments by leveraging the transaction-log feature.