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 JavaScript engine memory corruption attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an attacker attempts to exploit CVE-2018-8653, CVE-2019-1367, or CVE-2020-0674. Impact: Attempted User Privilege Gain Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

This event is generated when an attacker attempts to exploit CVE-2018-8653, CVE-2019-1367, or CVE-2020-0674.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Additional Links

Rule Vulnerability

Use After Free

Use After Free (UAF) attacks target computer memory flaws to corrupt the memory execute code. The name refers to attempts to use memory after it has been freed, which can cause a program to crash under normal circumstances, or result in remote code execution in a successful attack.

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2018-8653
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CVE-2019-1367
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CVE-2020-0674
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MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Execution

Technique: User Execution

For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org