Check Point Advisories

PayPal Mail Phishing Containing Attachment

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0515
Date Published:	25 Apr 2016
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 01 February, 2023
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Genuine email from PayPal will never include attachments. A remote attacker could send spam PayPal e-mails including those malicious attachments and convince users to manually enable them. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects 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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the PayPal Mail Phishing Containing Attachment 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: PayPal Mail Phishing Containing Attachment