MS.InternetExplorer.ContentEncoding.BufferOverflow
Description
This indicates detection of an HTTP web page with abnormally long content-encoding field.
There are vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer that allows attackers to overflow a buffer in a target machine by sending specially encoded web pages.
Affected Products
Any unprotected Internet Explorer is vulnerable to the attack.
Impact
Attackers can execute commands on the victim system.
Recommended Actions
Apply appropriate patches from Microsoft and/or upgrade the program to the latest non-vulnerable version.
Telemetry
Coverage
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