Check Point Advisories

Firefox SVG Cross-Domain Cookie Setting (CVE-2016-9078)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0699
Date Published:	17 Aug 2017
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 29 August, 2017
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-9078
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Firefox 49.0.2 Firefox 50
Vulnerability Description	A cross-domain Cookie vulnerability exists in Firefox. The vulnerability is due to the way that Firefox handles Cookie creation. A successful attack could lead to a execution of arbitrary code on the affected 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 R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Firefox SVG Cross-Domain Cookie Setting 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Firefox SVG Cross-Domain Cookie Setting