Check Point Advisories

Adobe Reader PDF 3D Image JavaScript RemoveItem Code Execution (APSB11-16; CVE-2011-2099)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-310
Date Published: 21 Jun 2011
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 20 December, 2011
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2011-2099
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader that could potentially allow an attacker to crash the application and take control of the system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block transfer of malicious PDF files over HTTP

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 Adobe Reader PDF 3D Image JavaScript RemoveItem Code Execution (APSB11-16) 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:  Adobe Reader Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Reader PDF 3D image JavaScript RemoveItem code execution (APSB11-16)

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