SID 1:37284

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Rule Category

BROWSER-IE -- Snort has detected traffic known to exploit vulnerabilities present in the Internet Explorer browser, or products that have the Trident or Tasman engines.

Alert Message

BROWSER-IE Microsoft Internet Explorer VBScript engine use after free attempt

Rule Explanation

The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." Impact: CVSS base score 7.5 CVSS impact score 5.9 CVSS exploitability score 1.6 confidentialityImpact HIGH integrityImpact HIGH availabilityImpact HIGH Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].

Rule Groups

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CVE

CVE-2016-0002 CVE-2017-11886 CVE-2018-1004 CVE-2018-1023

Additional Links

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11886
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1004
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1023
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS16-001

Rule Vulnerability

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2016-0002
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CVE-2017-11886
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CVE-2018-1004
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CVE-2018-1023
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