Check Point Advisories

Mozilla Firefox XrayWrapper Policy Bypass (CVE-2014-8636)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0489
Date Published: 19 Apr 2015
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 28 April, 2015
Source: Mozilla mfsa2015-09
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-8636
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? Mozilla Foundation Firefox prior to 35
Mozilla Foundation SeaMonkey prior to 2.32
Vulnerability Description A policy bypass vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey. The vulnerability is due to an issue with processing the derived trap has. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a maliciously crafted webpage.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Mozilla Firefox XrayWrapper Policy Bypass 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:  Mozilla Firefox XrayWrapper Policy Bypass

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