Snort rule update for Feb. 11, 2020: Microsoft Patch Tuesday

The latest SNORT® rule release from Cisco Talos has arrived. This new round of rules provides coverage for all of the vulnerabilities covered in Microsoft Patch Tuesday.

For more details on the vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed this week, head to the Talos blog.

In all, this release includes 34 new rules, 10 modified rules, three modified shared object rules and 11 new shared object rules.

There were no changes made to the snort.conf in this release.

Talos's rule release:

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0657: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Windows Common Log File System driver that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53086 through 53089.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0658: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Windows Common Log File System driver that may lead to information disclosure.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53086 through 53089.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0674: A coding deficiency exists in Scripting Engine that may lead to remote code execution.

Previously released rules will detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities and have been updated with the appropriate reference information. They are also included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 48701 through 48702.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0681: A coding deficiency exists in Remote Desktop Client that may lead to remote code execution.

A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 53056.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0692: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Exchange Server that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 53063.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0715: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Graphics Component that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53054 through 53055.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0720: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Win32k that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53052 through 53053.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0721: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Win32k that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53061 through 53062.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0722: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Win32k that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53072 through 53073.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0723: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Win32k that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53084 through 53085.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0725: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Win32k that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53079 through 53080.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0726: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Win32k that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53047 through 53048.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0734: A coding deficiency exists in Remote Desktop Client that may lead to remote code execution.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53082 through 53083.

Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2020-0745: A coding deficiency exists in Microsoft Graphics Component that may lead to an escalation of privilege.

Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 53050 through 53051.

Talos also has added and modified multiple rules in the browser-ie, browser-plugins, file-flash, file-image, os-windows, policy-other, protocol-dns, protocol-scada and server-webapp rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.

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