Sigma rule: Potential CVE-2024-3400 Exploitation - Palo Alto GlobalProtect OS Command Injection

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-0fd9f8a97eca, updated 2025-11-22T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Potential CVE-2024-3400 Exploitation - Palo Alto GlobalProtect OS Command Injection
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2024-04-18
Modified
2025-11-22
File
rules-emerging-threats/2024/Exploits/CVE-2024-3400/paloalto_globalprotect_exploit_cve_2024_3400_command_injection.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects potential exploitation attempts of CVE-2024-3400 - an OS command injection in Palo Alto GlobalProtect.
This detection looks for suspicious strings that indicate a potential directory traversal attempt or command injection.

Log source

product
paloalto
service
globalprotect
category
appliance
definition
Requirements: Palo Alto GlobalProtect "mp-log" and "gpsvc.log" log files need to be ingested

Detection

keywords_generic:
    - 'failed to unmarshal session(../'
    - 'failed to unmarshal session(./../'
    - 'failed to unmarshal session(/..'
    - 'failed to unmarshal session(%2E%2E%2F'
    - 'failed to unmarshal session(%2F%2E%2E'
    - 'failed to unmarshal session(%2E%2F%2E%2E%2F'
    - 'failed to unmarshal session(%252E%252E%252F'
    - 'failed to unmarshal session(%252F%252E%252E'
    - 'failed to unmarshal session(%252E%252F%252E%252E%252F'
keywords_telemetry_exploit:
    - '{IFS}'
    - 'base64'
    - 'bash'
    - 'curl'
    - 'http'
keywords_telemetry_path:
    - '/opt/panlogs/tmp/device_telemetry/'
condition: keywords_generic or (keywords_telemetry_exploit and keywords_telemetry_path)

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.initial-access
  • attack.persistence
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • cve.2024-3400
  • detection.emerging-threats
  • attack.stealth

CVEs 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/2024/Exploits/CVE-2024-3400/paloalto_globalprotect_exploit_cve_2024_3400_command_injection.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Potential CVE-2024-3400 Exploitation - Palo Alto GlobalProtect OS Command Injection" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2024/Exploits/CVE-2024-3400/paloalto_globalprotect_exploit_cve_2024_3400_command_injection.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: Potential CVE-2024-3400 Exploitation - Palo Alto GlobalProtect OS Command Injection",
entity page, dataset version ref-0fd9f8a97eca, updated 2025-11-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/f130a5f1-73ba-42f0-bf1e-b66a8361cb8f (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule f130a5f1-73ba-42f0-bf1e-b66a8361cb8f, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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