Intrusion PreventionMS.IE.Mhtmlfile.Object.DoS
Description
This indicates an attempt to exploit a Denial of Service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The vulnerability is due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the "mhtmlfile" object that can occur when setting a "location" or "URL" property. This can be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable browser, by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page.
Affected Products
Internet Explorer 6 SP2
Impact
Denial of Service.
Recommended Actions
Currently we are not aware of any officially released patch or update.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 15453 |
| Created | Mar 03, 2008 |
| Updated | Apr 17, 2023 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2006-3659 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 72.63% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | IE |