Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS16-118: CVE-2016-3382)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0852
Date Published: 11 Oct 2016
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 10 November, 2016
Source: Microsoft MS16-118
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-3382
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer 11 Windows 10
Microsoft Edge
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. The vulnerability is due to the way scripting engine renders when handling objects in 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 or Edge.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS16-118

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 (MS16-118: CVE-2016-3382) 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 (MS16-118: CVE-2016-3382)

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