Check Point Advisories

Electronic Arts Origin Client URI Handler Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-12828)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2019-1376
Date Published:	5 Nov 2019
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Tuesday 05 November, 2019
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2019-12828
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Electronic Arts Origin Client. The vulnerability is due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data which may be passed to the application as an option regarding the DLL loading path. A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerability by enticing a user to open a malicious web page.

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 Electronic Arts Origin Client URI Handler Remote Code Execution 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: HTTP Protocol Inspection.
Attack Information: Electronic Arts Origin Client URI Handler Remote Code Execution