Intrusion PreventionMS.IE.Sysmon.DoS
Description
This indicates a an attack attempt against a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The vulnerability is caused by an error in the vulnerable software when handling the "Sysmon" ActiveX control. An attacker can exploit this by sending a malicious web page containing the ActiveX control "Sysmon".
Affected Products
Microsoft Internet Explorer, vulnerable versions unclear.
Impact
Denial of service
Recommended Actions
We are not aware of any official patches at this time.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 23258 |
| Created | Jun 17, 2010 |
| Updated | Jun 04, 2015 |
| Risk |
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| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | IE |