alert http $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET ACTIVEX IE ActiveX control Exec method Remote code execution Attempt"; flow:established,to_client; content:"clsid"; nocase; content:"72C24DD5-D70A-438B-8A42-98424B88AFB8"; nocase; distance:0; content:"Exec"; nocase; pcre:"/<OBJECT\s+[^>]*classid\s*=\s*[\x22\x27]?\s*clsid\s*\x3a\s*\x7B?\s*72C24DD5-D70A-438B-8A42-98424B88AFB8/si"; reference:url,www.packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/wshomocx-activex.txt; classtype:attempted-user; sid:2010978; rev:5; metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2010_07_30, deployment Perimeter, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, tag ActiveX, updated_at 2019_07_26, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application;)