Sigma rule: CVE-2020-0688 Exploitation via Eventlog
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-024a87bc9c0f, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- CVE-2020-0688 Exploitation via Eventlog
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), wagga
- Date
- 2020-02-29
- Modified
- 2022-12-25
- File
- rules-emerging-threats/2020/Exploits/CVE-2020-0688/win_vul_cve_2020_0688.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects the exploitation of Microsoft Exchange vulnerability as described in CVE-2020-0688
Log source
- product
- windows
- service
- application
Detection
selection1:
EventID: 4
Provider_Name: 'MSExchange Control Panel'
Level: Error
selection2:
- '&__VIEWSTATE='
condition: all of selection*False positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.initial-access
- attack.t1190
- cve.2020-0688
- detection.emerging-threats
CVEs this rule names
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://www.trustedsec.com/blog/detecting-cve-20200688-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-on-microsoft-exchange-server/
- https://cyberpolygon.com/materials/okhota-na-ataki-ms-exchange-chast-2-cve-2020-0688-cve-2020-16875-cve-2021-24085/
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-2020-0688/win_vul_cve_2020_0688.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"CVE-2020-0688 Exploitation via Eventlog" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), wagga (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2020/Exploits/CVE-2020-0688/win_vul_cve_2020_0688.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: CVE-2020-0688 Exploitation via Eventlog",
entity page, dataset version ref-024a87bc9c0f, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/d6266bf5-935e-4661-b477-78772735a7cb (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule d6266bf5-935e-4661-b477-78772735a7cb, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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