Bloodhound.Exploit.83

Bloodhound.Exploit.83 is a heuristic detection for malicious HTML or JavaScript files exploiting the Microsoft Internet Explorer WebViewFolderIcon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (as described in Bugtraq 19030).

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version September 29, 2006
• Latest Rapid Release version September 29, 2006
• Initial Daily Certified version September 29, 2006
• Latest Daily Certified version September 29, 2006
• Initial Weekly Certified release date October 4, 2006

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low