Check Point Advisories

Internet Explorer Page Transition Memory Corruption (MS09-014; CVE-2009-0551)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-084
Date Published:	14 Apr 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 31 December, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0551
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by convincing a user to open a maliciously crafted HTML file with Internet Explorer, which will cause the browser to crash and may allow execution of arbitrary commands. The vulnerability is due to the way Internet Explorer handles transition when navigating between Web pages. A memory corruption error occurs in Internet Explorer when attempting to access an object that has been deleted. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will crash the browser, allowing execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Internet Explorer Page Transition Memory Corruption (MS09-014) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Internet Explorer page transition memory corruption (MS09-014)