Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2011-550 |
Date Published: | 29 Nov 2011 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 29 November, 2011 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2011-2450 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | A heap memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to a null dereference while handling objects with the PlaceObjectX tag. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a web page containing an embedded malformed SWF file. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to take complete control of the target system. |
This protection will detect and block the transferring of malicious SWF files.
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: Adobe Products Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Flash Player PlaceObjectX type confusion code execution (APSB11-28)