Intrusion PreventionMS.IE.Mouse.Events.Handling.Privilege.Escalation
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The vulnerability is due to an error when the vulnerable software handles mouse click events. An attacker can exploit this by tricking an unsuspecting user into visiting a malicious webpage and execute arbitrary code within the context of the application.
Affected Products
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 11
Impact
Security Bypass: Remote attackers can bypass security checks of vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor.
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-043
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 40531 |
| Created | May 12, 2015 |
| Updated | May 02, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2015-1688 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 1.17% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | IE |