Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Stage3D NULL Pointer Dereference (APSB12-05; CVE-2012-0768)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-089
Date Published: 12 Mar 2012
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 12 March, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-0768
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 Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to a null pointer dereference while accessing Stage3D objects. An attacker may exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a specially crafted .SWF file with an affected version of Flash Player. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed .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.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player Stage3D NULL Pointer Dereference (APSB12-05) 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 Products Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player Stage3D null pointer dereference (APSB12-05)

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