Check Point Advisories

Internet Explorer History Index Script Injection (MS09-019; CVE-2009-1140)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-172
Date Published: 9 Jun 2009
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 09 June, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-1140
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is the most widely used Internet browser. An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to the way Internet Explorer caches data and incorrectly allows the cached content to be called, potentially bypassing Internet Explorer domain restriction. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page and persuade a user to view it. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow an attacker to view the content in another browser window in another domain or Internet Explorer zone.

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 R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Internet Explorer History Index Script Injection (MS09-019) 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 history index script injection (MS09-019)

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