SID 1:18401

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 Base64 encoded script overflow attempt

Rule Explanation

The (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.8 scripting engines in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 do not properly load decoded scripts obtained from web pages, which allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption and consequently obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engines Information Disclosure Vulnerability." Impact: CVSS base score 4.3 CVSS impact score 2.9 CVSS exploitability score 8.6 confidentialityImpact PARTIAL integrityImpact NONE availabilityImpact NONE Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

No information provided

Known Usage

No public information

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].