Check Point Advisories

Cryptocurrency Mining Command Injection

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-1101
Date Published:	20 Nov 2018
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Thursday 06 December, 2018
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Monero cryptocurrency miners.
Vulnerability Description	The attacker takes advantage of a common command injection vulnerability in cryptocurrency miners. If successful, it attempts to run the script on targeted hosts.

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 Cryptocurrency Mining Command Injection 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Cryptocurrency Mining Command Injection