Check Point Advisories

Suspicious URL Padding Evasion Technique

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-0543
Date Published: 2 Jul 2017
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 29 January, 2025
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Certain phishing campaigns use malicious URLs containing popular website names to hide intent.

Protection Overview

This protection detects and blocks 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Suspicious URL Padding Evasion Technique 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:  Phishing Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  Suspicious URL Padding Evasion Technique

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