Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS15-009: CVE-2015-0020)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0080
Date Published: 10 Feb 2015
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 10 February, 2015
Source: Microsoft MS15-009
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-0020
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer
Vulnerability Description A use after free vulnerability exists, where Internet Explorer attempts use a CTreeNode object that has been deleted. This vulnerability could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS15-009

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to open a malicious HTML file.

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 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS15-009: CVE-2015-0020) 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 Memory Corruption (MS15-009: CVE-2015-0020)

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