Sigma rule: Cisco ASA FTD Exploit CVE-2020-3452

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-8d1320638a3d, updated 2023-01-02T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Cisco ASA FTD Exploit CVE-2020-3452
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2021-01-07
Modified
2023-01-02
File
rules-emerging-threats/2020/Exploits/CVE-2020-3452/web_cve_2020_3452_cisco_asa_ftd.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects exploitation attempts on Cisco ASA FTD systems exploiting CVE-2020-3452 with a status code of 200 (sccessful exploitation)

Log source

category
webserver

Detection

selection_endpoint:
    cs-uri-query|contains:
        - '+CSCOT+/translation-table'
        - '+CSCOT+/oem-customization'
selection_path_select:
    cs-uri-query|contains:
        - '&textdomain=/'
        - '&textdomain=%'
        - '&name=/'
        - '&name=%'
select_status_code:
    sc-status: 200
condition: selection_endpoint and selection_path_select and select_status_code

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.t1190
  • attack.initial-access
  • cve.2020-3452
  • detection.emerging-threats

CVEs this rule names

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2020/Exploits/CVE-2020-3452/web_cve_2020_3452_cisco_asa_ftd.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Cisco ASA FTD Exploit CVE-2020-3452" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2020/Exploits/CVE-2020-3452/web_cve_2020_3452_cisco_asa_ftd.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Cisco ASA FTD Exploit CVE-2020-3452",
entity page, dataset version ref-8d1320638a3d, updated 2023-01-02T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/aba47adc-4847-4970-95c1-61dce62a8b29 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule aba47adc-4847-4970-95c1-61dce62a8b29, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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