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title: Potential CVE-2014-0780 Iconics Genesis64 SCADA Exploitation Attempt
id: f8c72f2e-69e6-4775-9617-60cb9334dff2
status: experimental
description: |
Detects network exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2014-0780, a stack-based buffer overflow in Iconics Genesis64 SCADA software.
This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
The detection identifies anomalous HTTP POST requests with oversized payloads directed at the vulnerable ActiveX endpoint (/gen64/GenForm.aspx).
date: 2026-08-18
author: SARA Detection Engineering
references:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0780
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
logsource:
category: webserver
product:
detection:
selection_target:
cs-method: POST
cs-uri-stem|contains: '/gen64/GenForm.aspx'
selection_payload:
cs-uri-query|re: '.*[A-Za-z0-9+/]{500,}.*'
filter_legitimate:
sc-status:
- 200
cs-uri-query|re: '.*[A-Za-z0-9+/]{100,499}.*'
condition: selection_target and selection_payload and not filter_legitimate
falsepositives:
- Legitimate administrative interactions with the Genesis64 web interface that require unusually large configuration payloads.
- Security scanners auditing ICS web server endpoints.
level: high
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curl -X POST https://sara-open.sirp.io/api/v1/sigma \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SARA_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"description": "PowerShell encoded command from Office"}'
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