Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS16-095: CVE-2016-3289)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0671
Date Published: 9 Aug 2016
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 09 August, 2016
Source: Microsoft MS16-095
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-3289
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10
Vulnerability Description A use after free vulnerability was discovered within Microsoft Internet Explorer. The root cause comes from dll file triggering a use after free condition. A successful exploitation of this issue could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote system.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS16-095

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 R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS16-095: CVE-2016-3289) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS16-095: CVE-2016-3289)

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