Intrusion PreventionMS.IE.Hyperlink.Content.Spoofing
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit an Information Spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The vulnerability is due to an error when the vulnerable software attempts to handles maliciously crafted web page. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into visiting a malicious webpage and serve spoof contents to the unsuspecting user.
Affected Products
Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10
Impact
Information Spoofing: Remote attackers can serve spoof contents to unsuspecting targets.
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-084
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-10 | 14.629 | Severity:medium:low |
| ID | 42701 |
| Created | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Updated | May 02, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2016-3274 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 6.57% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | IE |