Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2014-1475 |
Date Published: | 16 Apr 2014 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Wednesday 16 April, 2014 |
Source: | CVE-2008-5499 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | A command execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system. |
This protection will detect and block 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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Adobe Flash Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Flash Player for Linux ActionScript ASnative Command Execution - Ver2