Check Point Advisories

Suspicious Office File Mail Phishing Attempt

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0232
Date Published:	27 Mar 2016
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 22 June, 2016
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Certain exploits or ransomware can be downloaded using office file extensions as mail attachments . A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to entice unsuspecting users to execute arbitrary files.

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 Suspicious Office File Mail Phishing Attempt 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: Phishing Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: Suspicious Office File Mail Phishing Attempt