Re: Proposed Rules for Acunetix Scanner

[Joshua Williams <joshuwi2 () sourcefire com>]

Joel,

Sounds good to me.

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Josh Williams
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On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Joel Esler (jesler) <jesler () cisco com>
wrote:

> Josh,
>
> Let’s move those rules into community.
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> On Jan 6, 2017, at 2:52 PM, lists () packetmail net wrote:
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> Cool, no worries.  Cheers guys.
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> On 01/06/17 13:13, Joshua Williams wrote:
>
> Nathan,
>
> Thanks for the submission. After careful consideration, we are going to
> hold off
> on using these rules. While the new rules would work, the 9 rules we
> already
> have in place already alert. We could technically add tons of different
> rules
> that detect Acunetix scanning, but at the end of the day the traffic is
> already
> triggering an alert. Thanks for letting us know!
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> Detection Response Team
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> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 3:44 PM, <lists () packetmail net
> <mailto:lists () packetmail net <lists () packetmail net>>> wrote:
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>    No worries, Happy GNU Year ;)
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>    On 01/03/17 14:39, Joshua Williams wrote:
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> Nathan,
>
> Thanks for the submission. Sorry for the delay, I've been out of the
> office for
> a little bit. I'll review these and get back to you once they've finished
> testing.
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> Josh Williams
> Detection Response Team
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> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 11:58 AM, <lists () packetmail net <
> mailto:lists () packetmail net <lists () packetmail net>>
> <mailto:lists () packetmail net <lists () packetmail net> <
> mailto:lists () packetmail net <lists () packetmail net>>>> wrote:
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>    In hindsight, classtype:web-application-attack; may make more sense.
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>    On 12/28/16 10:47, lists () packetmail net <mailto:lists () packetmail net
> <lists () packetmail net>>
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>    <mailto:lists () packetmail net <lists () packetmail net> <
> mailto:lists () packetmail net <lists () packetmail net>>> wrote:
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> I did not see similar in the VRT ruleset and wanted to propose the
> following for
> inclusion into the VRT COMMUNITY ruleset.  I am unable to share a PCAP due
> to
> confidentiality, however, these should match:
>
> alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VRT COMMUNITY
> Acunetix scan in progress acunetix_wvs_security_test in http_uri";
> flow:established,to_server; content:"acunetix_wvs_security_test";
> http_uri;
> fast_pattern:only; threshold: type limit, count 1, seconds 60, track
> by_src;
> reference:url,www.acunetix.com/ <http://www.acunetix.com/>
>
>    <http://www.acunetix.com/>; classtype:attempted-recon;
>
>    sid:X; rev:1;)
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> alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VRT COMMUNITY
> Acunetix scan in progress acunetix variable in http_uri";
> flow:established,to_server; content:"|24|acunetix"; http_uri;
> fast_pattern:only;
> threshold: type limit, count 1, seconds 60, track by_src;
> reference:url,www.acunetix.com/ <http://www.acunetix.com/>
>
>    <http://www.acunetix.com/>; classtype:attempted-recon;
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>    sid:X; rev:1;)
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