HTTP: Response is not JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP

This signature is triggered if a mismatch is detected between the content type "image/jpeg" and the actual data. The signature detects if HTTP response is not starting with JPEG, GIF or PNG magic bytes. Recent malware Command and Control ("C&C") channels use encrypted data with "jpeg" content-type, but they are not well-formed JPEG/GIF/PNG files and will be detected by this signature.

Short Name
HTTP:STC:IMG:NO-JPG-GIF-PNG-BMP
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
HTTP
Keywords
JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP Response is not
Release Date
01/19/2015
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3324
False Positive
Occasionally

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