Check Point Advisories

Internet Explorer CSS Special Character Information Disclosure (MS10-071; CVE-2010-3325)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-284
Date Published: 12 Oct 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 12 October, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2010-3325
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a formatting method for Web pages using HTML. An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in the way Microsoft Internet Explorer processes CSS special characters. The vulnerability is due to the way Internet Explorer improperly process CSS special characters. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will allow senstive data to be stolen. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will enable the attacker to view content from 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Internet Explorer CSS Special Character Information Disclosure (MS10-071) 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 CSS special character information disclosure (MS10-071)

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