Intrusion PreventionMS.Windows.Explorer.URL.File.Parsing.Stack.Overflow
Description
This indicates a possible exploit of a buffer-overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Windows explorer.exe.
This vulnerability can occurs when the application handles malformed Internet Shortcut (.url) files. By creating a malicious .url Internet Shortcut file with an overly long URL parameter, a remote attacker may overflow a buffer and cause the victim's explorer.exe process to crash.
Affected Products
Microsoft Corporation: Windows 95
Microsoft Corporation: Windows 98
Microsoft Corporation: Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Corporation: Windows Me
Microsoft Corporation: Windows XP
Microsoft Corporation: Windows 2000 Any version
Microsoft Corporation: Windows 2003 Any version
Microsoft Corporation: Windows NT 4.0
Impact
Denial of service
Recommended Actions
Do not open any untrusted Internet Shortcut (.url) files.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-11 | 16.978 |
| ID | 13292 |
| Created | Oct 17, 2006 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2006-3351 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 11.32% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | IE |