Check Point Advisories

Electron Protocol Handler Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-1000006)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2018-0043
Date Published: 25 Jan 2018
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 23 April, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-1000006
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Multiple Windows Applications using Electron < v1.8.2-beta.4
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists within Electron Protocol Handler. This is due to the way Electron registers Windows applications as the default handler for a protocol. A successful attack could lead to a remote code execution on the effected 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Electron Protocol Handler Remote Code Execution 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:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Electron Protocol Handler Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-1000006)

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