Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2015-0787 |
Date Published: | 14 Jul 2015 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Monday 27 July, 2015 |
Source: | Microsoft MS15-065 |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2015-2391 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 |
Vulnerability Description | A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error in parsing maliciously formed metadata. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a victim to view a specially crafted website with an affected version of Internet Explorer. |
Update/Patch Avaliable | Apply patches from: MS15-065 |
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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS15-065: CVE-2015-2391)