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.
BROWSER-IE Microsoft Internet Explorer memory corruption attempt
This event is generated when an attempt to exploit CVE-2018-8249 over file transport methods (such as HTTP, FTP) is detected. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in remote code execution under the user's current permissions. Details: CVE-2018-8249 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely. Ease of Attack: Medium
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