MS.IE.Screen.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The vulnerability is caused by an error that occurs when the vulnerable
software handles an HTML file including the malicious "onload" value. A remote attacker may exploit this to crash the vulnerable software.
Affected Products
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 beta 2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
We are currently not aware of any patches supplied by the vendor for this issue.
Telemetry
Coverage
IPS (Regular DB) | |
IPS (Extended DB) |