Potential Exploit

The potential exploit category contains events that are related to potential application exploits and buffer overflow attempts.

The following table describes the low-level event categories and associated severity levels for the potential exploit category.

Table 1. Low-level categories and severity levels for the potential exploit category
Low-level event category Category ID Description Severity level (0 - 10)
Unknown Potential Exploit Attack 13001 Indicates that a potential exploitative attack was detected. 7
Potential Buffer Overflow 13002 Indicates that a potential buffer overflow was detected. 7
Potential DNS Exploit 13003 Indicates that a potentially exploitative attack through the DNS server was detected. 7
Potential Telnet Exploit 13004 Indicates that a potentially exploitative attack through Telnet was detected. 7
Potential Linux® Exploit 13005 Indicates that a potentially exploitative attack through Linux was detected. 7
Potential UNIX Exploit 13006 Indicates that a potentially exploitative attack through UNIX was detected. 7
Potential Windows Exploit 13007 Indicates that a potentially exploitative attack through Windows was detected. 7
Potential Mail Exploit 13008 Indicates that a potentially exploitative attack through mail was detected. 7
Potential Infrastructure Exploit 13009 Indicates that a potential exploitative attack on the system infrastructure was detected. 7
Potential Misc Exploit 13010 Indicates that a potentially exploitative attack was detected. 7
Potential Web Exploit 13011 Indicates that a potentially exploitative attack through the web was detected. 7
Potential Botnet Connection 13012 Indicates a potentially exploitative attack that uses botnet was detected. 6
Potential Worm Activity 13013 Indicates a potential attack that uses worm activity was detected. 6