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 sandbox CreateFileW arbitrary file delete attempt

Rule Explanation

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 uses an incorrect flag during certain filesystem accesses, which allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, aka "Tampering Vulnerability." Impact: CVSS base score 6.4 CVSS impact score 4.9 CVSS exploitability score 10.0 confidentialityImpact NONE integrityImpact PARTIAL availabilityImpact PARTIAL 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].

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CVE

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CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2015-2484
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