Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2015-1397 |
Date Published: | 18 Jan 2016 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Monday 18 January, 2016 |
Source: | Apple Inc |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Apple Inc. QuickTime 7.7.6 and prior |
Vulnerability Description | A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Apple QuickTime. The vulnerability is due to an issue with processing corrupted MPEG-4 (MP4) files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a malicious .MP4 file. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution under the security context of the currently logged on user. |
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,
Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Apple QuickTime Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime MP4 Absent stbl Box Memory Corruption