Short Name |
HTTP:STC:CHAR-CONFLICT |
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Severity |
Major |
Recommended |
No |
Category |
HTTP |
Keywords |
Conflicting CHARSET |
Release Date |
2007/06/12 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 (IE). An attacker can create malicious Web pages containing conflicting Charset information, which if access by a victim, can allow the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browsers. Note: Do not include this attack object into your policy if your e-mail service utilizes Outlook Web Access as it can trigger false positives.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to remote code-execution vulnerability because of a race-condition in its language-pack installation support. A remote attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the vulnerable application.