Intrusion PreventionMS.IE.MHTML.URI.Shortcut.Buffer.Overflow
Description
It indicates a possible exploit of Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The application fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input data before copying it into an insufficiently sized memory buffer.
Affected Products
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 1- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 2
Impact
Compromise of the affected system.
Recommended Actions
Compromise of the affected system.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-11 | 16.978 | |
| 2020-09-29 | 16.933 | Name:MS. Windows. MHTML. URI. Shortcut. Buffer. Overflow:MS. IE. MHTML. URI. Shortcut. Buffer. Overflow |
| ID | 12098 |
| Created | Aug 08, 2006 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2006-2766 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 96.23% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | IE |