Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2013-3693 |
Date Published: | 11 Dec 2013 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 31 December, 2024 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2013-3882 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error while handling certain objects when processing HTML and script code. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to view crafted web content with a vulnerable version of Internet Explorer. A successful attack attempt may result in the execution of arbitrary code in the security context of the target user's browser. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
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This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Internet Explorer runtimeStyle Handling Memory Corruption (MS13-080)