Check Point Advisories

Nuclear Exploit Kit Landing Page

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1951
Date Published:	3 Nov 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 22 November, 2016
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows - All Versions Mac OS X - All Versions
Vulnerability Description	Nuclear Exploit Kit operates by delivering a malicious payload to the victim's computer. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution on the target system once the malicious page is loaded.

Protection Overview

This protection detects and blocks Nuclear exploit kit infection attempts.

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 Nuclear Exploit Kit Landing Page 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: Exploit Kit.
Attack Information: Nuclear Exploit Kit Landing Page