Check Point Advisories

xMid Deface Page Creator Tool

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-2267
Date Published:	2 Dec 2014
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Tuesday 09 December, 2014
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Web Servers
Vulnerability Description	xMid Deface Page Creator is a computer program that allows users to create HTML pages, in order to upload them to web servers and deface them. This tool is commonly used by attackers, and therefore upload of files created by this tool may indicate an attempt to deface a web server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block uploads of files created by this tool.

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 xMid Deface Page Creator Tool 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: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: xMid Deface Page Creator Tool