Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Malicious JavaScript Code Execution (APSB12-14; CVE-2012-2035)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-273
Date Published: 18 Jun 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 31 July, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-2035
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 stack overflow condition in Adobe Flash Player during certain events. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted HTML page containing malicious JavaScript code. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to open a specially crafted HTML 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 Adobe Flash Player Malicious JavaScript Code Execution (APSB12-14) 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 Malicious JavaScript Code Execution (APSB12-14)

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