Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Object Confusion Code Execution (APSB12-09; CVE-2012-0779)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-235
Date Published: 14 May 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 14 May, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-0779
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 type confusion condition while handling a malformed SWF file. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted SWF file with an affected version of Flash Player. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to take complete control of the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of a malicious SWF file.

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 Object Confusion Code Execution (APSB12-09) 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 Object Confusion Code Execution (APSB12-09)

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