Sigma rule: Potential Information Disclosure CVE-2023-43261 Exploitation - Proxy
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-25ffd3496d95, updated 2023-10-30T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Potential Information Disclosure CVE-2023-43261 Exploitation - Proxy
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Thurein Oo
- Date
- 2023-10-20
- Modified
- 2023-10-30
- File
- rules-emerging-threats/2023/Exploits/CVE-2023-43261/proxy_exploit_cve_2023_43261_milesight_information_disclosure.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects exploitation attempts of CVE-2023-43261 and information disclosure in Milesight UR5X, UR32L, UR32, UR35, UR41 before v35.3.0.7 that allows attackers to access sensitive router components in proxy logs.
Log source
- category
- proxy
Detection
selection:
cs-method: 'GET'
# Note: In theory the path can also be for other files. But since the logs can contains password and interesting information. Its most likely going to be targeted during a real attack
c-uri|contains: '/lang/log/httpd.log' # Als covered .old
sc-status: 200
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.initial-access
- attack.t1190
- cve.2023-43621
- detection.emerging-threats
CVEs this rule names
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
Related rules
References
- https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/experts-warn-of-severe-flaws-affecting.html
- https://medium.com/@win3zz/inside-the-router-how-i-accessed-industrial-routers-and-reported-the-flaws-29c34213dfdf
- https://github.com/win3zz/CVE-2023-43261
- https://vulncheck.com/blog/real-world-cve-2023-43261
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/2023/Exploits/CVE-2023-43261/proxy_exploit_cve_2023_43261_milesight_information_disclosure.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Potential Information Disclosure CVE-2023-43261 Exploitation - Proxy" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Thurein Oo (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2023/Exploits/CVE-2023-43261/proxy_exploit_cve_2023_43261_milesight_information_disclosure.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: Potential Information Disclosure CVE-2023-43261 Exploitation - Proxy",
entity page, dataset version ref-25ffd3496d95, updated 2023-10-30T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/f48f5368-355c-4a1b-8bf5-11c13d589eaa (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule f48f5368-355c-4a1b-8bf5-11c13d589eaa, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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