Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2011-436 |
Date Published: | 27 Sep 2011 |
Severity: | Medium |
Last Updated: | Sunday 30 March, 2014 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2011-2404 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | A code execution vulnerability has been reported in HP Easy Printer Care Software. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by an ActiveX control within the affected product. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing an affected user to open a malicious link. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on an affected system, which may result in code execution. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to open web-pages containing a malicious script.
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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information: HP Easy Printer Care Software HPTicketMgr.dll directory traversal