Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation (CVE-2018-8581)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2019-0196
Date Published:	11 Feb 2019
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 13 February, 2019
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2018-8581
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Microsoft Exchange Server 2019
Vulnerability Description	An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows. 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation (CVE-2018-8581) 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: NNTP Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation (CVE-2018-8581)