Check Point Advisories

Internet Explorer HTML Objects Memory Corruption (MS09-034; CVE-2009-1918)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-141
Date Published: 28 Jul 2009
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 23 May, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-1918
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is the most widely used Internet browser. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer handles table operations in specific situations. When Internet Explorer handles table operations in specific situations, it may corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the logged-on user.

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 / R65

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Internet Explorer HTML Objects Memory Corruption (MS09-034) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. 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 HTML Objects Memory Corruption (MS09-034)

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