Check Point Advisories

Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Buffer Overflow (MS04-040) - Ver2 (CVE-2004-1050)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-2354
Date Published: 28 Dec 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Sunday 28 December, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2004-1050
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77, R76, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Internet Explorer (IE) is a popular web browser developed by Microsoft corporation. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is in the way Microsoft Internet Explorer parses certain parameters of an IFRAME tag. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to create a denial of service condition or to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged in user. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable 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,
Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Buffer Overflow (MS04-040) - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Buffer Overflow (MS04-040) - Ver2

×
  Feedback
This website uses cookies for its functionality and for analytics and marketing purposes. By continuing to use this website, you agree to the use of cookies. For more information, please read our Cookies Notice.
OK