Check Point Advisories

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack Exhaustion (APSB20-24: CVE-2020-9611)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-0386
Date Published:	13 May 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 13 May, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-9611
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to damage users 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 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack Exhaustion (APSB20-24: CVE-2020-9611) 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: Adobe Reader Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack Exhaustion (APSB20-24: CVE-2020-9611)