Check Point Advisories

NEC Expresscluster X XML External Entity Injection (CVE-2020-17408)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2020-3958
Date Published: 16 Oct 2023
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 16 October, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2020-17408
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? NEC Expresscluster X 4.1 for Windows
NEC Expresscluster X 4.2 for Windows
Vulnerability Description An XML external entity injection vulnerability exists in NEC Expresscluster X. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to damage the user's 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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the NEC Expresscluster X XML External Entity Injection (CVE-2020-17408) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  NEC Expresscluster X XML External Entity Injection (CVE-2020-17408)

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