Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Malicious SWF Security Bypass (APSB12-14; CVE-2012-2038)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-275
Date Published: 18 Jun 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Sunday 21 April, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-2038
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to insufficient security restrictions while handling specially crafted SWF files. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted SWF file using an affected version of Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation may enable an attacker to view private user information.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of specially crafted 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 Malicious SWF Security Bypass (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 SWF File Security Bypass (APSB12-14)

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