Check Point Advisories

Internet Explorer VML Remote Code Execution (MS12-010; CVE-2012-0155)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-054
Date Published: 14 Feb 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 14 January, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-0155
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error in the way Internet Explorer accesses an object that has been deleted. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted web-page with an affected version of Internet Explorer. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain the same user rights as a logged-on user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to open a specially crafted web-page.

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 Internet Explorer VML Remote Code Execution (MS12-010) 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 VML remote code execution (MS12-010)

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