Check Point Advisories

Internet Explorer Response Redirect Information Disclosure (CVE-2010-0255)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-033
Date Published:	9 Feb 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 16 July, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-0255
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Internet Explorer that fails to prevent rendering of non-HTML local files as HTML documents, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read arbitrary files via a URL that includes 127.0.0.1. 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 / R65

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Internet Explorer Response Redirect Information Disclosure 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 response redirect information disclosure