Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (CVE-2018-8461)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2018-0872
Date Published: 11 Sep 2018
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 11 September, 2018
Source: Microsoft CVE-2018-8461
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-8461
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (CVE-2018-8461) 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 (CVE-2018-8461)

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