Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege (MS15-009: CVE-2015-0055)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0118
Date Published: 10 Feb 2015
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 10 February, 2015
Source: Microsoft MS15-009
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-0055
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 11
Vulnerability Description An elevation of privilege vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error in the way Internet Explorer validates permissions under specific conditions, potentially allowing script to be run with elevated privileges.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS15-009

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 R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege (MS15-009: CVE-2015-0055) 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 Elevation of Privilege (MS15-009: CVE-2015-0055)

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