SID 1:45514

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 toStaticHTML CSS import XSS exploit attempt

Rule Explanation

The toStaticHTML function in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, and the SafeHTML function in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2, SharePoint Foundation 2010, Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2, Groove Server 2010, and Office Web Apps, allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks via a crafted use of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) @import rule, aka "HTML Sanitization Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1257. Impact: CVSS base score 4.3 CVSS impact score 2.9 CVSS exploitability score 8.6 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].