V 2.0 Flood/Packet Threat Messages 1

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V 2.0 Flood/Packet Threat Messages

Base Rule

General Threat Message

Activity

V 2.0 Potential Denial Of Service Detected

Sub Rule

Network Denial Of Service

Denial Of Service

V 2.0 Potential Denial Of Service Blocked

Sub Rule

Failed Network Denial Of Service

Failed Denial of Service

V 2.0 Potentially Threatening Packet Dropped

Sub Rule

Failed General Attack Activity

Failed Attack

V 2.0 Potentially Threatening Packet Allowed

Sub Rule

General Attack Activity

Attack

Type (type)

<vmid>

Text/String

Specifies the type of log; the value is THREAT.

Threat/Content Type (subtype)

<vendorinfo>
<tag1>

Text/String

A subtype of threat log. Values include the following:

• data—Data pattern matching a Data Filtering profile.

• file—File type matching a File Blocking profile.

• flood—Flood detected via a Zone Protection profile.

• packet—Packet-based attack protection triggered by a Zone Protection profile.

• scan—Scan detected via a Zone Protection profile.

• spyware —Spyware detected via an Anti-Spyware profile.

• url—URL filtering log.

• ml-virus—Virus detected by WildFire Inline ML via an Antivirus profile.

• virus—Virus detected via an Antivirus profile.

• vulnerability —Vulnerability exploit detected via a Vulnerability Protection profile.

• wildfire —A WildFire verdict is generated when the firewall submits a file to WildFire per a WildFire Analysis profile and a verdict (malware, phishing, grayware, or benign, depending on what you are logging) is logged in the WildFire Submissions log.

• wildfire-virus—Virus detected via an Antivirus profile.

Source address (src)

<sip>

IP Address

Original session source IP address

Destination address (dst)

<dip>

IP Address

Original session destination IP address

NAT Source IP (natsrc)

<snatip>

IP Address

If Source NAT is performed, the post-NAT Source IP address

NAT Destination IP (natdst)

<dnatip>

IP Address

If Destination NAT is performed, the post-NAT Destination IP address

Rule Name (rule)

<policy>

Text/String

Name of the rule that the session matched

Inbound Interface (inbound_if)

<sinterface>

Text/String

Interface that the session was sourced from

Outbound Interface (outbound_if)

<dinterface>

Text/String

Interface that the session was destined to

IP Protocol (proto)

<protname>

Text/String

IP protocol associated with the session

Action (action)

<action>
<tag2>

Text/String

Action is taken for the session; values are alert, allow, deny, drop, drop-all-packets, reset-client, reset-server, reset-both, block-url.
alert—threat or URL detected but not blocked
allow— flood detection alert
deny—flood detection mechanism activated and deny traffic based on configuration
drop— threat detected and associated session was dropped
reset-client —threat detected and a TCP RST is sent to the client
reset-server —threat detected and a TCP RST is sent to the server
reset-both —threat detected and a TCP RST is sent to both the client and the server
block-url —URL request was blocked because it matched a URL category that was set to be blocked
block-ip—threat detected and client IP is blocked
random-drop—flood detected and the packet was randomly dropped
sinkhole—DNS sinkhole activated
syncookie-sent—syncookie alert
block-continue (URL subtype only)—an HTTP request is blocked and redirected to a Continue page with a button for confirmation to proceed
continue (URL subtype only)—response to a block-continue URL continue page indicating a block-continue request was allowed to proceed
block-override (URL subtype only)—an HTTP request is blocked and redirected to an Admin override page that requires a passcode from the firewall administrator to continue
override-lockout (URL subtype only)—too many failed admin override passcode attempts from the source IP. IP is now blocked from the block-override redirect page
override (URL subtype only)—response to a block-override page where a correct passcode is provided and the request is allowed
block (Wildfire only)—file was blocked by the firewall and uploaded to Wildfire

Threat/Content Name (threatID)

<threatname>
<threatid>

Text/String/Number

Palo Alto Networks identifier for the threat. It is a description string followed by a 64-bit numerical identifier in parentheses for some Subtypes

Severity (severity)

<severity>

Text/String

Severity associated with the threat; values are informational, low, medium, high, critical.

Device Name (device_name)

<objectname>

Text/String

The hostname of the firewall on which the session was logged.

Application Characteristic (characteristic_of_app)**

<group>

Text/String

Comma-separated list of applicable characteristics of the application