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 Edge Chakra Scripting Engine memory corruption attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an html page designed to crash Microsoft Edge traverses the network. Impact: Attempted User Privilege Gain Details: An issue has been identified in Edge where an object's pointer gets overwritten. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can achieve Remote Code Execution. Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

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Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

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CVE

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Rule Vulnerability

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2018-8266
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