Source

The Source class contains information about the possible source(s) of the event(s) that generated an alert. An event may have more than one source (e.g., in a distributed denial-of-service attack).

digraph Source { graph [bb="0,0,863,669", rankdir=LR ]; node [label="\N"]; Source [height=1.2778, label=<<table BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr > <td BGCOLOR="#182f5f" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Source.html" TITLE="The Source class contains information about the possible source(s) of the event(s) that generated an alert. An event may have more than one source (e.g., in a distributed denial-of-service attack). ">Source</td> </tr>" %<tr><td BGCOLOR="#284F9F" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Source.html" TITLE="A unique identifier for this source; see Section 3.2.9.">[STRING] ident (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#284F9F" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Source.html" TITLE="An indication of whether the source is, as far as the analyzer can determine, a spoofed address used for hiding the real origin of the attack. The permitted values for this attribute are shown below. The default value is &quot;unknown&quot;. (See also Section 10.)">[ENUM] spoofed (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#284F9F" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Source.html" TITLE="May be used by a network-based analyzer with multiple interfaces to indicate which interface this source was seen on.">[STRING] interface (Optional) </td></tr>%</table>>, pos="97.5,355.5", shape=plaintext, width=2.7083]; "Node" [height=1.5694, label=<<table BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr > <td BGCOLOR="#007a00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Node.html" TITLE="The Node class is used to identify hosts and other network devices (routers, switches, etc.). ">Node</td> </tr>" %<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Node.html" TITLE="The location of the equipment.">[STRING] location (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Node.html" TITLE="The name of the equipment. This information MUST be provided if no Address information is given.">[STRING] name (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Node.html" TITLE="A unique identifier for the node; see Section 3.2.9.">[STRING] ident (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Node.html" TITLE="The &quot;domain&quot; from which the name information was obtained, if relevant. The permitted values for this attribute are shown in the table below. The default value is &quot;unknown&quot;. (See also Section 10 for extensions to the table.)">[ENUM] category (Optional) </td></tr>%</table>>, pos="393,565.5", shape=plaintext, width=2.5833]; Source -> "Node" [label="0..1", lp="224,480", pos="e,299.85,518.75 146.39,401.78 175.85,429.01 215.1,463.16 253,489.5 264.93,497.79 277.85,505.89 290.85,513.54"]; User [height=0.98611, label=<<table BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr > <td BGCOLOR="#3d7a99" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/User.html" TITLE="The User class is used to describe users. It is primarily used as a &quot;container&quot; class for the UserId aggregate class, as shown in Figure 16. ">User</td> </tr>" %<tr><td BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/User.html" TITLE="A unique identifier for the user; see Section 3.2.9.">[STRING] ident (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/User.html" TITLE="The type of user represented. The permitted values for this attribute are shown below. The default value is &quot;unknown&quot;. (See also Section 10.)">[ENUM] category (Optional) </td></tr>%</table>>, pos="393,444.5", shape=plaintext, width=2.5833]; Source -> User [label="0..1", lp="224,402", pos="e,299.92,416.58 195.01,384.77 225.46,394 259.2,404.23 290.02,413.58"]; Process [height=2.1528, label=<<table BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr > <td BGCOLOR="#997a3d" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Process.html" TITLE="The Process class is used to describe processes being executed on sources, targets, and analyzers. ">Process</td> </tr>" %<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Process.html" TITLE="The name of the program being executed. This is a short name; path and argument information are provided elsewhere.">[STRING] name (1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Process.html" TITLE="The process identifier of the process.">[INTEGER] pid (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Process.html" TITLE="The full path of the program being executed.">[STRING] path (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Process.html" TITLE="A command-line argument to the program. Multiple arguments may be specified (they are assumed to have occurred in the same order they are provided) with multiple uses of arg.">[STRING] arg (0..*) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Process.html" TITLE="An environment string associated with the process; generally of the format &quot;VARIABLE=value&quot;. Multiple environment strings may be specified with multiple uses of env.">[STRING] env (0..*) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Process.html" TITLE="A unique identifier for the process; see Section 3.2.9.">[STRING] ident (Optional) </td></tr>%</table>>, pos="393,313.5", shape=plaintext, width=2.4306]; Source -> Process [label="0..1", lp="224,345", pos="e,305.33,325.9 195.01,341.69 227.12,337.09 262.88,331.98 295.03,327.38"]; Service [height=2.7361, label=<<table BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr > <td BGCOLOR="#997a7a" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Service.html" TITLE="The Service class describes network services on sources and targets. It can identify services by name, port, and protocol. When Service occurs as an aggregate class of Source, it is understood that the service is one from which activity of interest is originating; and that the service is &quot;attached&quot; to the Node, Process, and User information also contained in Source. Likewise, when Service occurs as an aggregate class of Target, it is understood that the service is one to which activity of interest is being directed; and that the service is &quot;attached&quot; to the Node, Process, and User information also contained in Target. If Service occurs in both Source and Target, then information in both locations should be the same. If information is the same in both locations and implementers wish to carry it in only one location, they should specify it as an aggregate of the Target class. ">Service</td> </tr>" %<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Service.html" TITLE="The name of the service. Whenever possible, the name from the IANA list of well-known ports SHOULD be used.">[STRING] name (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Service.html" TITLE="The port number being used.">[INTEGER] port (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Service.html" TITLE="A list of port numbers being used; see Section 3.2.8 for formatting rules. If a portlist is given, the iana_protocol_number and iana_protocol_name MUST apply to all the elements of the list.">[PORTLIST] portlist (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Service.html" TITLE="Additional information about the protocol being used. The intent of the protocol field is to carry additional information related to the protocol being used when the &lt;Service&gt; attributes iana_protocol_number or/and iana_protocol_name are filed.">[STRING] protocol (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Service.html" TITLE="A unique identifier for the service; see Section 3.2.9.">[STRING] ident (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Service.html" TITLE="The IP version number.">[INTEGER] ip_version (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Service.html" TITLE="The IANA protocol number.">[INTEGER] iana_protocol_number (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Service.html" TITLE="The IANA protocol name.">[STRING] iana_protocol_name (Optional) </td></tr>%</table>>, pos="393,119.5", shape=plaintext, width=3.8889]; Source -> Service [label="0..1", lp="224,266", pos="e,264.62,218.22 153.22,309.46 182.61,284.91 219.58,254.31 253,227.5 254.19,226.54 255.39,225.58 256.59,224.62"]; Address [height=2.1528, label=<<table BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr > <td BGCOLOR="#007a00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Address.html" TITLE="The Address class is used to represent network, hardware, and application addresses. ">Address</td> </tr>" %<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Address.html" TITLE="The address information. The format of this data is governed by the category attribute.">[STRING] address (1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Address.html" TITLE="The network mask for the address, if appropriate.">[STRING] netmask (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Address.html" TITLE="A unique identifier for the address; see Section 3.2.9.">[STRING] ident (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Address.html" TITLE="The type of address represented. The permitted values for this attribute are shown below. The default value is &quot;unknown&quot;. (See also Section 10.)">[ENUM] category (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Address.html" TITLE="The name of the Virtual LAN to which the address belongs.">[STRING] vlan-name (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#00CC00" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/Address.html" TITLE="The number of the Virtual LAN to which the address belongs.">[INTEGER] vlan-num (Optional) </td></tr>%</table>>, pos="727,591.5", shape=plaintext, width=2.9028]; "Node" -> Address [label="0..*", lp="562,586", pos="e,622.37,583.38 486.04,572.71 525.13,575.77 571.1,579.37 612.29,582.59"]; UserId [height=1.8611, label=<<table BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr > <td BGCOLOR="#3d7a99" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/UserId.html" TITLE="The UserId class provides specific information about a user. More than one UserId can be used within the User class to indicate attempts to transition from one user to another, or to provide complete information about a user&#39;s (or process&#39;) privileges. ">UserId</td> </tr>" %<tr><td BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/UserId.html" TITLE="A user or group name.">[STRING] name (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/UserId.html" TITLE="A user or group number.">[INTEGER] number (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/UserId.html" TITLE="A unique identifier for the user id, see Section 3.2.9.">[STRING] ident (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/UserId.html" TITLE="The type of user information represented. The permitted values for this attribute are shown below. The default value is &quot;original-user&quot;. (See also Section 10.)">[ENUM] type (Optional) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/UserId.html" TITLE="The tty the user is using.">[STRING] tty (Optional) </td></tr>%</table>>, pos="727,428.5", shape=plaintext, width=2.4306]; User -> UserId [label="1..*", lp="562,444", pos="e,639.49,432.67 486.04,440.06 530.64,437.91 584.2,435.33 629.39,433.16"]; WebService [height=1.5694, label=<<table BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr > <td BGCOLOR="#997a7a" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/WebService.html" TITLE="The WebService class carries additional information related to web traffic. ">WebService</td> </tr>" %<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/WebService.html" TITLE="The URL in the request.">[STRING] url (1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/WebService.html" TITLE="The CGI script in the request, without arguments.">[STRING] cgi (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/WebService.html" TITLE="The HTTP method (PUT, GET) used in the request.">[STRING] http-method (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/WebService.html" TITLE="The arguments to the CGI script.">[STRING] arg (0..*) </td></tr>%</table>>, pos="727,271.5", shape=plaintext, width=2.6111]; Service -> WebService [arrowtail=invempty, dir=back, pos="s,533.35,183.3 542.82,187.64 573.42,201.65 604.81,216.02 632.77,228.82"]; SNMPService [height=2.7361, label=<<table BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr > <td BGCOLOR="#997a7a" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/SNMPService.html" TITLE="The SNMPService class carries additional information related to SNMP traffic. The aggregate classes composing SNMPService must be interpreted as described in RFC 3411 [15] and RFC 3584 [16]. ">SNMPService</td> </tr>" %<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/SNMPService.html" TITLE="The object identifier in the request.">[STRING] oid (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/SNMPService.html" TITLE="The SNMP version, typically 0 for SNMPv1, 1 for SNMPv2c, 2 for SNMPv2u and SNMPv2*, and 3 for SNMPv3; see RFC 3411 [15] Section 5 for appropriate values.">[INTEGER] messageProcessingModel (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/SNMPService.html" TITLE="The identification of the security model in use, typically 0 for any, 1 for SNMPv1, 2 for SNMPv2c, and 3 for USM; see RFC 3411 [15] Section 5 for appropriate values.">[INTEGER] securityModel (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/SNMPService.html" TITLE="The object&#39;s security name; see RFC 3411 [15] Section 3.2.2.">[STRING] securityName (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/SNMPService.html" TITLE="The security level of the SNMP request; see RFC 3411 [15] Section 3.4.3.">[INTEGER] securityLevel (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/SNMPService.html" TITLE="The object&#39;s context name; see RFC 3411 [15] Section 3.3.3.">[STRING] contextName (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/SNMPService.html" TITLE="The object&#39;s context engine identifier; see RFC 3411 [15] Section 3.3.2.">[STRING] contextEngineID (0..1) </td></tr>%<tr><td BGCOLOR="#FFCCCC" HREF="/idmef_parser/IDMEF/SNMPService.html" TITLE="The command sent to the SNMP server (GET, SET, etc.).">[STRING] command (0..1) </td></tr>%</table>>, pos="727,98.5", shape=plaintext, width=3.7778]; Service -> SNMPService [arrowtail=invempty, dir=back, pos="s,533.35,110.69 543.68,110.03 559.44,109.04 575.4,108.03 590.99,107.04"]; }


Aggregates

Node (0..1)

Information about the host or device that appears to be causing the events (network address, network name, etc.).

User (0..1)

Information about the user that appears to be causing the event(s).

Process (0..1)

Information about the process that appears to be causing the event(s).

Service (0..1)

Information about the network service involved in the event(s).

Attributes

ident (Optional)

A unique identifier for this source; see Section 3.2.9.

spoofed (Optional)

An indication of whether the source is, as far as the analyzer can determine, a spoofed address used for hiding the real origin of the attack. The permitted values for this attribute are shown below. The default value is "unknown". (See also Section 10.)
Rank Keyword Description
0 unknown Accuracy of source information unknown
1 yes Source is believed to be a decoy
2 no Source is believed to be "real"

interface (Optional)

May be used by a network-based analyzer with multiple interfaces to indicate which interface this source was seen on.


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