Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Win32k Elevation Of Privilege (CVE-2018-8562)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-1601
Date Published:	27 Aug 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 27 August, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2018-8562
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft windows 10 Microsoft windows 10 1607 Microsoft windows 10 1703 Microsoft windows 10 1709 Microsoft windows 10 1803 Microsoft windows 10 1809 Microsoft windows 7 sp1 Microsoft windows 8.1 Microsoft windows rt 8.1 Microsoft windows server 2008 sp2
Vulnerability Description	An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft windows 10 . 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 Windows Win32k Elevation Of Privilege (CVE-2018-8562) 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Win32k Elevation Of Privilege (CVE-2018-8562)