Check Point Advisories

SuperFish Adware Root Certificate

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0178
Date Published:	20 Feb 2015
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Friday 20 February, 2015
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?	PC
Vulnerability Description	SuperFish Adware is a software that uses SSL man-in-the-middle (MitM) technique in order to intercept SSL sessions and inject its own content into the session. Successful exploitation might result in disclosure of confidential or private information passed over the SSL channel, or in such information being changed or tampered with.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block SSL sessions intercepted by this software.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the SuperFish Adware Root Certificate 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: SSL Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: SuperFish Adware Root Certificate