Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2015-1070 |
Date Published: | 8 Sep 2015 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 08 September, 2015 |
Source: | Microsoft MS15-094 |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2015-2485 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 10 Internet Explorer 11 Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 |
Vulnerability Description | A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to the way Internet Explorer handle element identifiers since it fails to detect a specific failure case which can be abused to corrupt arbitrary memory. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a specially crafted web-page with an affected version of Internet Explorer. |
Update/Patch Avaliable | Apply patches from: MS15-094 |
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 (MS15-094: CVE-2015-2485)