Update Protection against Microsoft Internet Explorer CStyleSheet Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability (MS10-035)
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2010-087 | |
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| Source: | Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-035 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2010-1259 CVE-2010-1262 |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer 6 SP1 when installed on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Internet Explorer 6 for: Internet Explorer 7 for: Internet Explorer 8 for: | ||
| Vulnerability Description Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. A remote attacker could exploit these issues by convincing a user to open a maliciously crafted HTML file with Internet Explorer, which will cause the browser to crash and may allow execution of arbitrary commands. |
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Update/Patch Available Update patches: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-035 |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerabilities are due to the way Internet Explorer accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or has been deleted. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will cause Internet Explorer to exit unexpectedly. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities will crash the browser, and may allow execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable system. |
Protection Overview
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway/VPN-1 product to the latest IPS/SmartDefense update. For information on how to update IPS/SmartDefense, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.