Check Point Advisories

Internet Explorer JavaScript window() Memory Corruption (MS05-054) - Ver2 (CVE-2005-1790)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2005-0413
Date Published: 31 Mar 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 31 December, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2005-1790
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser capable of displaying HTML encoded pages, downloading files, etc. This application has a built-in JavaScript interpreter. It is also capable of using Document Object Model (DOM) objects, in particular by providing access to them through JavaScript. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The flaw resides in the DOM event handler script code that calls the window() function. An attacker may exploit this flaw to inject and execute arbitrary code on the target system with the privileges of the currently logged in user. In an attack where arbitrary code is injected and executed on the target machine, the behaviour of the target is dependent on the intention of the malicious code. If such an attack is not executed successfully, the vulnerable application may terminate as a result of the attack attempt. Note that the attempt of the attack might be attached to an event such as unloading the page, changing focus, clicking and so on. In such cases the behaviour occurs only after the event is triggered.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Internet Explorer JavaScript window() Memory Corruption (MS05-054) - Ver2 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:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Internet Explorer JavaScript window() Memory Corruption (MS05-054) - Ver2

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