Signature Detail

HTTP: Microsoft Windows Common Control 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' Unsafe ActiveX Control1

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known flaw in the Microsoft Windows Common ActiveX control. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page or sending a malicious RTF document. Visiting the website with a vulnerable version of Internet Explorer, or opening the RTF document with Office or Wordpad could result in arbitrary code execution.