Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Asp.net Core Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019-1302)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2019-2138
Date Published:	22 May 2020
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Friday 22 May, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2019-1302
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	microsoft asp.net core 2.1 microsoft asp.net core 2.2 microsoft asp.net core 3.0
Vulnerability Description	An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in microsoft asp.net core. 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 Asp.net Core Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019-1302) 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 Asp.net Core Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019-1302)