Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure (MS16-129: CVE-2016-7204)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0955
Date Published: 8 Nov 2016
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 08 November, 2016
Source: Microsoft MS16-129
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-7204
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Edge
Vulnerability Description An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Edge. The vulnerability is due to an error in the way that Microsoft Edge accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or has been deleted. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a specially crafted web-page with an affected version of Microsoft Edge.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS16-129

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 Edge Information Disclosure (MS16-129: CVE-2016-7204) 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 Edge Information Disclosure (MS16-129: CVE-2016-7204)

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