SID 1:51382

Rule Category

BROWSER-WEBKIT -- Snort has detected traffic known to exploit vulnerabilities present in the Webkit browser engine (aside from Chrome) this includes Apple’s Safari, RIM’s mobile browser, Nokia, KDE, Webkit itself, and Palm. Attacks often insert code via exploits, cause webkit renderings in the browser to crash, or otherwise create chaos or exploit for entrance.

Alert Message

BROWSER-WEBKIT Apple WebKit JSArray component out-of-bounds access

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when triggered when an attempt to cause an JavaScript array out-of-bounds access error in Apple WebKit is made. Impact: Memory Corruption Arbitrary Code Execution Details: Apple WebKit is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds memory corruption when attempting to read values from an array into a loop that are not valid array indices. Ease of Attack: Medium

What To Look For

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group