Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer Use After Free Remote Code Execution (CVE-2014-8967)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-2295
Date Published: 11 Dec 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 31 December, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-8967
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer 9
Vulnerability Description A use after free vulnerability exists in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error while handling certain objects when processing HTML and script code. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the security context of the current logged in user.

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 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Internet Explorer Use After Free Remote Code Execution (CVE-2014-8967) 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:  Microsoft Internet Explorer Use After Free Remote Code Execution (CVE-2014-8967)

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