Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Kernel Bitmap Handling Use After Free (MS15-061: CVE-2015-1722)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0961
Date Published:	10 Aug 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 30 March, 2016
Source:	Microsoft MS15-061
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-1722
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and corrupt kernel memory.
Update/Patch Avaliable	Apply patches from: MS15-061

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Kernel Bitmap Handling Use After Free (MS15-061: CVE-2015-1722) 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Kernel Bitmap Handling Use After Free (MS15-061: CVE-2015-1722)