SID 1:46595

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 prototype type confusion attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when malicious JavaScript within a web page is found traversing the network over SMTP. Impact: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain Details: A Type Confusion vulnerability has been found in IE11. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can achieve Remote Code Execution. Ease of Attack: Simple, no known public exploits exist

What To Look For

No information provided

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group