HTTP: Internet Explorer HTML Decoding Memory Corruption
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Microsoft Internet Explorer. A successful attack could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system. Failed exploit attempts could result in a denial of service condition.
Extended Description
Internet Explorer is vulnerable to remote code execution. An attacker could exploit this issue to execute code in the context of the user visiting a malicious web page.
Affected Products
Microsoft internet_explorer
References
BugTraq: 18309
CVE: CVE-2006-2382
URL: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2279.txt http://home-4.tiscali.nl/~t876506/utf8tbl.html
Short Name
HTTP:STC:IE:UTF8-DECODE-OF
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2006-2382 CVE-2008-0016 Corruption Decoding Explorer HTML Internet Memory bid:18309
Release Date
06/13/2006
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
10.0