Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Plugin Use-After-Free Code Execution (APSB12-22; CVE-2012-5272)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-1134
Date Published: 29 Nov 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 29 November, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-5272
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 plugin for Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to a use-after-free error while loading specially crafted SWF files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing the victim to open a malicious web page. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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 Plugin Use-After-Free Code Execution (APSB12-22) 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 Plugin Use-After-Free Code Execution (APSB12-22)

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