alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: weakness Improper Neutralization of Section Delimiters
Matching passage: CWE-145 Improper Neutralization of Section Delimiters. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as section delimiters when they are sent to a downstream component.
Near-miss passage: CWE-141 Improper Neutralization of Parameter/Argument Delimiters. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as parameter or argument delimiters when they are sent to a downstream component.
Query: threat report mentioning Print Processors
Matching passage: T1547.012 Print Processors. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may abuse print processors to run malicious DLLs during system boot for persistence and/or privilege escalation. Print processors are DLLs that are loaded by the print spooler service, `spoolsv.exe`, during boot.(Citation: Microsoft Intro Print Processors) Adversaries may abuse the print spooler service by adding print processors that load malicious DLLs at startup. A print processor can be installed through the <code>AddPrintProcessor</code> API call with an account that has <code>SeLoadDriverPrivilege</code> enabled. Alternatively, a print processor can be registered to the print spooler service by adding the <code>HKLM\SYSTEM\\[CurrentControlSet or ControlSet001]\Control\Print\Environments\\[Windows architecture: e.g., Windows x64]\Print Processors\\[user defined]\Driver</code> Registry key that points to the DLL. For the malicious print processor to be correctly installed, the payload must be located in the dedicated system print-processor directory, that can be found with the <code>GetPrintProcessorDirectory</code> API call, or referenced via a relative path from this directory.(Citation: Microsoft AddPrintProcessor May 2018) After the print processors are installed, the print spooler service, which starts during boot, must be restarted in order for them to run.(Citation: ESET PipeMon May 2020) The print spooler service runs under SYSTEM level permissions, therefore print processors installed by an adversary may run under elevated privileges.
Near-miss passage: T1547.002 Authentication Package. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may abuse authentication packages to execute DLLs when the system boots. Windows authentication package DLLs are loaded by the Local Security Authority (LSA) process at system start. They provide support for multiple logon processes and multiple security protocols to the operating system.(Citation: MSDN Authentication Packages) Adversaries can use the autostart mechanism provided by LSA authentication packages for persistence by placing a reference to a binary in the Windows Registry location <code>HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\</code> with the key value of <code>"Authentication Packages"=&lt;target binary&gt;</code>. The binary will then be executed by the system when the authentication packages are loaded.
Query: risk of Everest PeakHMI before 8.7.0.2, when the video server is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted p
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6454. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 5.0. Everest PeakHMI before 8.7.0.2, when the video server is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted packet.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2029. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Session fixation vulnerability in IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale 7.1.0 before 7.1.0.3 and 7.1.1 before 7.1.1.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via a session identifier.
Query: describe CVE-2015-1003
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1003. CWE: CWE-22. CVSS: 5.0. Directory traversal vulnerability in IniNet embeddedWebServer (aka eWebServer) before 2.02 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted pathname.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0867. CWE: CWE-22. CVSS: 5.0. Directory traversal vulnerability in SYNCK GRAPHICA Download Log CGI 3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted filename.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-1796
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1796. CWE: CWE-254. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. The PKIX trust engines in Shibboleth Identity Provider before 2.4.4 and OpenSAML Java (OpenSAML-J) before 2.6.5 trust candidate X.509 credentials when no trusted names are available for the entityID, which allows remote attackers to impersonate an entity via a certificate issued by a shibmd:KeyAuthority trust anchor.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-1674. CWE: CWE-254. CVSS: 4.599999904632568. The kernel in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly validate an unspecified address, which allows local users to bypass the KASLR protection mechanism, and consequently discover the cng.sys base address, via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
Query: containment actions for EDR alert: possible Spearphishing Voice (T1566.004)
Matching passage: Playbook for T1566.004 Spearphishing Voice. 1) Validate alert telemetry against T1566.004. 2) Scope affected hosts and accounts. 3) Contain by isolating endpoint / disabling account if confirmed. 4) Hunt for related tactics: initial access. 5) Eradicate persistence and recover. Reference detection notes: Adversaries may use voice communications to ultimately gain access to victim systems. Spearphishing voice is a specific variant of spearphishing. It is different from other forms of spearphishing in that it employs the use of manipulating a user into providing access to systems through a phone call or other forms of voice communications. Spearphishing frequently involves social engineering techniq
Near-miss passage: Playbook for T1566 Phishing. Different response path focused on initial access.
Query: alert when Detects UTF-8 and UTF-16 Base64 encoded powershell 'Invoke-' calls
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects UTF-8 and UTF-16 Base64 encoded powershell 'Invoke-' calls. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: PowerShell Base64 Encoded Invoke Keyword id: 6385697e-9f1b-40bd-8817-f4a91f40508e related: - id: fd6e2919-3936-40c9-99db-0aa922c356f7 type: obsolete status: test description: Detects UTF-8 and UTF-16 Base64 encoded powershell 'Invoke-' calls references: - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/05/09/seo-poisoning-a-gootloader-story/ author: pH-T (Nextron Systems), Harjot Singh, @cyb3rjy0t date: 2022-05-20 modified: 2023-04-06 tags: - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1059.001 - attack.t1027 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - OriginalFileName: - PowerShell.EXE - pwsh.dll selection_cli_enc: CommandLine|contains: ' -e' selection_cli_invoke: CommandLine|contains: - SQBuAHYAbwBrAGUALQ - kAbgB2AG8AawBlAC0A - JAG4AdgBvAGsAZQAtA - SW52b2tlL - ludm9rZS - JbnZva2Ut condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: high simulation: - type: atomic red team name: Create a Process using WMI Query and an Encoded Command technique: T1047 atomic_guid: 7db7a7f9-9531-4840-9b30-46220135441c regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_powershell_base64_invoke/info.yml
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects the execution of REGSVR32.exe with DLL files masquerading as other files. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Regsvr32 DLL Execution With Suspicious File Extension id: 089fc3d2-71e8-4763-a8a5-c97fbb0a403e related: - id: 8e2b24c9-4add-46a0-b4bb-0057b4e6187d type: obsolete status: test description: Detects the execution of REGSVR32.exe with DLL files masquerading as other files references: - https://thedfirreport.com/2021/11/29/continuing-the-bazar-ransomware-story/ - https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/10/threat-hunting-in-large-datasets-by.html - https://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=282942&p=1885348 - https://harfanglab.io/insidethelab/uac-0057-pressure-ukraine-poland/ author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), frack113 date: 2021-11-29 modified: 2025-08-27 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1218.010 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \regsvr32.exe - OriginalFileName: REGSVR32.EXE selection_cli: CommandLine|endswith: - .bin - .bmp - .cr2 - .dat - .eps - .gif - .ico - .jpeg - .jpg - .log - .nef - .orf - .png - .raw - .rtf - .sr2 - .temp - .tif - .tiff - .tmp - .txt condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unlikely level: high
Query: incident response steps for Encoded PowerShell / command-line abuse matching Network Security Appliances
Matching passage: Playbook for T1590.006 Network Security Appliances. 1) Validate alert telemetry against T1590.006. 2) Scope affected hosts and accounts. 3) Contain by isolating endpoint / disabling account if confirmed. 4) Hunt for related tactics: reconnaissance. 5) Eradicate persistence and recover. Reference detection notes: Adversaries may gather information about the victim's network security appliances that can be used during targeting. Information about network security appliances may include a variety of details, such as the existence and specifics of deployed firewalls, content filters, and proxies/bastion hosts. Adversaries may also target information about victim network-based intrusion detection systems (NIDS
Near-miss passage: Playbook for T1590.004 Network Topology. Different response path focused on reconnaissance.
Query: exploit Unitronics VisiLogic OPLC IDE before 9.8.02 does not properly restrict access to ActiveX controls, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted web sit
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6478. CWE: CWE-284. CVSS: 6.800000190734863. Unitronics VisiLogic OPLC IDE before 9.8.02 does not properly restrict access to ActiveX controls, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted web site.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2841. CWE: CWE-284. CVSS: 5.0. Citrix NetScaler AppFirewall, as used in NetScaler 10.5, allows remote attackers to bypass intended firewall restrictions via a crafted Content-Type header, as demonstrated by the application/octet-stream and text/xml Content-Types.
Query: Encoded PowerShell / command-line abuse matching XSL Script Processing
Matching passage: T1220 XSL Script Processing. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may bypass application control and obscure execution of code by embedding scripts inside XSL files. Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) files are commonly used to describe the processing and rendering of data within XML files. To support complex operations, the XSL standard includes support for embedded scripting in various languages. (Citation: Microsoft XSLT Script Mar 2017) Adversaries may abuse this functionality to execute arbitrary files while potentially bypassing application control. Similar to [Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127), the Microsoft common line transformation utility binary (msxsl.exe) (Citation: Microsoft msxsl.exe) can be installed and used to execute malicious JavaScript embedded within local or remote (URL referenced) XSL files. (Citation: Penetration Testing Lab MSXSL July 2017) Since msxsl.exe is not installed by default, an adversary will likely need to package it with dropped files. (Citation: Reaqta MSXSL Spearphishing MAR 2018) Msxsl.exe takes two main arguments, an XML source file and an XSL stylesheet. Since the XSL file is valid XML, the adversary may call the same XSL file twice. When using msxsl.exe adversaries may also give the XML/XSL files an arbitrary file extension.(Citation: XSL Bypass Mar 2019) Command-line examples:(Citation: Penetration Testing Lab MSXSL July 2017)(Citation: XSL Bypass Mar 2019) * <code>msxsl.exe customers[.]xml script[.]xsl</code> * <code>msxsl.exe script[.]xsl script[.]xsl</code> * <code>msxsl.exe script[.]jpeg script[.]jpeg</code> Another variation of this technique, dubbed “Squiblytwo”, involves using [Windows Management Instrumentation](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047) to invoke JScript or VBScript within an XSL file.(Citation: LOLBAS Wmic) This technique can also execute local/remote scripts and, similar to its [Regsvr32](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/010)/ "Squiblydoo" counterpart, leverages a trusted, built-in W
Near-miss passage: T1036 Masquerading. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may attempt to manipulate features of their artifacts to make them appear legitimate or benign to users and/or security tools. Masquerading occurs when the name or location of an object, legitimate or malicious, is manipulated or abused for the sake of evading defenses and observation. This may include manipulating file metadata, tricking users into misidentifying the file type, and giving legitimate task or service names. Renaming abusable system utilities to evade security monitoring is also a form of [Masquerading](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036).(Citation: LOLBAS Main Site)
Query: risk of The kernel in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.3, and Apple TV before 7.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) or obtain sensiti
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1100. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 5.400000095367432. The kernel in Apple iOS before 8.3, Apple OS X before 10.10.3, and Apple TV before 7.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) or obtain sensitive memory-content information via a crafted app.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-6146. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 9.300000190734863. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6145.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-1672
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1672. CWE: CWE-310. CVSS: 5.0. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (recursion and performance degradation) via crafted encrypted data in an XML document, aka ".NET XML Decryption Denial of Service Vulnerability."
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-1934. CWE: CWE-310. CVSS: 5.0. IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13, 7.5.0 before 7.5.0.8 IFIX002, and 7.6.0 before 7.6.0.1 IFIX001; Maximo Asset Management 7.5.x before 7.5.0.8 IFIX002 and 7.6.0 before 7.6.0.1 IFIX001 for SmartCloud Control Desk; and Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13 and 7.2 for Tivoli IT Asset Management for IT and certain other products do not properly encrypt passwords, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords by leveraging access to a password file.
Query: risk of Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio before 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (unhandled runtime exception and application crash)
Matching passage: CVE-2015-7375. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 7.5. Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio before 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (unhandled runtime exception and application crash) via a crafted Indusoft Project file.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7704. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 7.5. The ntpd client in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p4 and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a number of crafted "KOD" messages.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-5260
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5260. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via QXL commands related to the surface_id parameter.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-5120. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 10.0. Adobe Shockwave Player before 12.1.9.159 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5121.
Query: describe CVE-2015-0452
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0452. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC component in Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite 3.1 and 3.2 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Ldom Manager.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4784. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 6.900000095367432. Unspecified vulnerability in the Data Store component in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.1.29, 11.2.5.2.42, 11.2.5.3.28, and 12.1.6.0.35 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2583, CVE-2015-2624, CVE-2015-2626, CVE-2015-2640, CVE-2015-2654, CVE-2015-2656, CVE-2015-4754, CVE-2015-4764, CVE-2015-4775, CVE-2015-4776, CVE-2015-4777, CVE-2015-4778, CVE-2015-4780, CVE-2015-4781, CVE-2015-4782, CVE-2015-4783, CVE-2015-4785, CVE-2015-4786, CVE-2015-4787, CVE-2015-4789, and CVE-2015-4790.
Query: detect A General detection for WebDav user-agent being used to PUT files on a WebDav network share. This could be an indicator in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: A General detection for WebDav user-agent being used to PUT files on a WebDav network share. This could be an indicator. Logsource: zeek / http. Rule: title: WebDav Put Request id: 705072a5-bb6f-4ced-95b6-ecfa6602090b status: test description: A General detection for WebDav user-agent being used to PUT files on a WebDav network share. This could be an indicator of exfiltration. references: - https://github.com/OTRF/detection-hackathon-apt29/issues/17 author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research) date: 2020-05-02 modified: 2024-03-13 tags: - attack.exfiltration - attack.t1048.003 logsource: product: zeek service: http detection: selection: user_agent|contains: WebDAV method: PUT filter: id.resp_h|cidr: - 10.0.0.0/8 - 127.0.0.0/8 - 172.16.0.0/12 - 192.168.0.0/16 - 169.254.0.0/16 condition: selection and not filter falsepositives: - Unknown level: low
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects Obfuscated Powershell via use Rundll32 in Scripts. Logsource: windows / system. Rule: title: Invoke-Obfuscation Via Use Rundll32 - System id: 641a4bfb-c017-44f7-800c-2aee0184ce9b status: test description: Detects Obfuscated Powershell via use Rundll32 in Scripts references: - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/issues/1009 author: Nikita Nazarov, oscd.community date: 2020-10-09 modified: 2022-11-29 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1027 - attack.execution - attack.t1059.001 logsource: product: windows service: system detection: selection: Provider_Name: Service Control Manager EventID: 7045 ImagePath|contains|all: - '&&' - rundll32 - shell32.dll - shellexec_rundll ImagePath|contains: - value - invoke - comspec - iex condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Query: Suspicious Verclsid execution detected on endpoint
Matching passage: T1218.012 Verclsid. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may abuse verclsid.exe to proxy execution of malicious code. Verclsid.exe is known as the Extension CLSID Verification Host and is responsible for verifying each shell extension before they are used by Windows Explorer or the Windows Shell.(Citation: WinOSBite verclsid.exe) Adversaries may abuse verclsid.exe to execute malicious payloads. This may be achieved by running <code>verclsid.exe /S /C {CLSID}</code>, where the file is referenced by a Class ID (CLSID), a unique identification number used to identify COM objects. COM payloads executed by verclsid.exe may be able to perform various malicious actions, such as loading and executing COM scriptlets (SCT) from remote servers (similar to [Regsvr32](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/010)). Since the binary may be signed and/or native on Windows systems, proxying execution via verclsid.exe may bypass application control solutions that do not account for its potential abuse.(Citation: LOLBAS Verclsid)(Citation: Red Canary Verclsid.exe)(Citation: BOHOPS Abusing the COM Registry)(Citation: Nick Tyrer GitHub)
Near-miss passage: T1218.013 Mavinject. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may abuse mavinject.exe to proxy execution of malicious code. Mavinject.exe is the Microsoft Application Virtualization Injector, a Windows utility that can inject code into external processes as part of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V).(Citation: LOLBAS Mavinject) Adversaries may abuse mavinject.exe to inject malicious DLLs into running processes (i.e. [Dynamic-link Library Injection](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1055/001)), allowing for arbitrary code execution (ex. <code>C:\Windows\system32\mavinject.exe PID /INJECTRUNNING PATH_DLL</code>).(Citation: ATT Lazarus TTP Evolution)(Citation: Reaqta Mavinject) Since mavinject.exe may be digitally signed by Microsoft, proxying execution via this method may evade detection by security products because the execution is masked under a legitimate process. In addition to [Dynamic-link Library Injection](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1055/001), Mavinject.exe can also be abused to perform import descriptor injection via its <code>/HMODULE</code> command-line parameter (ex. <code>mavinject.exe PID /HMODULE=BASE_ADDRESS PATH_DLL ORDINAL_NUMBER</code>). This command would inject an import table entry consisting of the specified DLL into the module at the given base address.(Citation: Mavinject Functionality Deconstructed)
Query: risk of WebKit in Apple iOS before 9 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct redirection attacks by leveraging the mishandling of the resource cache of an SSL web site with an invali
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5907. CWE: CWE-310. CVSS: 2.5999999046325684. WebKit in Apple iOS before 9 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct redirection attacks by leveraging the mishandling of the resource cache of an SSL web site with an invalid X.509 certificate.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-1637. CWE: CWE-310. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Schannel (aka Secure Channel) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, 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 does not properly restrict TLS state transitions, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cipher-downgrade attacks to EXPORT_RSA ciphers via crafted TLS traffic, related to the "FREAK" issue, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0204 and CVE-2015-1067.