Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2013-1683 |
Date Published: | 12 Feb 2013 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Sunday 05 November, 2017 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2013-0025 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error in the way Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target victim to open a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation could cause memory corruption in a way that would allow attackers to execute code on the target. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to open a malicious HTML file.
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This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Internet Explorer SLayoutRun Use After Free (MS13-009) - High Confidence