IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
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current release documentation.
Web Application Suspicious Activity: sqlmap User Agentedit
This is an example of how to detect an unwanted web client user agent. This
search matches the user agent for sqlmap 1.3.11, which is a popular FOSS tool
for testing web applications for SQL injection vulnerabilities.
Rule indices:
- apm-*-transaction*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- APM
Rule version: 1
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Potential false positivesedit
This rule does not indicate that a SQL injection attack occurred, only that the
sqlmap tool was used. Security scans and tests may result in these errors. If
the source is not an authorized security tester, this is generally suspicious or
malicious activity.
Rule queryedit
user_agent.original:"sqlmap/1.3.11#stable (http://sqlmap.org)"