BROWSER-OTHER -- Snort has detected suspicious traffic known to exploit vulnerabilities present in an Internet browser other than Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Chrome, or which is present in multiple browsers. This rule should be enabled for systems that use any mainstream browser, to offer complete coverage. (ie, If a vulnerability affects both Chrome and Firefox, but is covered by a rule under the Chrome category, Firefox users might have Chrome coverage turned off and miss the vulnerability.)
BROWSER-OTHER Mozilla Firefox GeckoActiveXObject exploit attempt
This event occurs when there is malicious activity detected on your network. Impact: A Network Trojan was detected Details: Ease of Attack:
No public information
No known false positives
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
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For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org
CVE-2006-3803Race condition in the JavaScript garbage collection in Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing the garbage collector to delete a temporary variable while it is still being used during the creation of a new Function object. |
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