Check Point Advisories

Adobe Acrobat authplay.dll Memory Corruption - Ver2 (CVE-2009-1862)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1411
Date Published:	16 Apr 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 16 April, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-1862
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

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 R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Acrobat authplay.dll Memory Corruption - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Malware Traffic.
Attack Information: Adobe Acrobat authplay.dll Memory Corruption - Ver2