HTTP: Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Tag Memory Corruption
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Successful attacks can allow an attacker to run their code of choice on the target system.
Extended Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability. This is related to the handling of certain HTML tags. Attackers could exploit this issue via a malicious web page to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. They could also use HTML email for the attack.
Affected Products
Microsoft internet_explorer
Short Name
HTTP:STC:IE:HTML-TAG-MC
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2006-1188 CVE-2006-1245 Corruption Explorer HTML Internet Memory Microsoft Tag bid:17468
Release Date
04/11/2006
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3336
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Microsoft
CVSS Score
7.5