Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows TCP/IP IOCTL Processing Elevation of Privilege (MS14-070; CVE-2014-4076)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1936
Date Published:	11 Nov 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 11 November, 2014
Source:	Microsoft MS14-070
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-4076
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Vulnerability Description	An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows TCP/IP stack. The vulnerability is caused when the Windows TCP/IP stack fails to properly handle objects in memory during IOCTL processing. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system and run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability, and may possibly take complete control over the affected system.
Update/Patch Avaliable	Apply patches from: MS14-070

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 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 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP IOCTL Processing Elevation of Privilege (MS14-070) 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: TCP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows TCP/IP IOCTL Processing Elevation of Privilege (MS14-070)