Tuesday, February 1, 2011

VRT Rule Update for 2/1/2011

Just updated, is a rule release for today from the VRT.  This rule release contains many updates in several categories, however, the highlight for this release is the following:

Microsoft Security Advisory (CVE-2011-0096):
Microsoft Internet Explorer suffers from a programming error that may allow a remote attacker to execute a cross-site scripting attack. This attack could then lead to information disclosure.


A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 18335.

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