Check Point Advisories

Beta (Sundown) Exploit Kit Landing Page

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0796
Date Published:	5 Jul 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 30 March, 2017
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Web Browsers
Vulnerability Description	Beta exploit kit, a.k.a. Sundown exploit kit, is a web exploit kit that operates by delivering malicious payload to the victim's computer. Remote attackers can infect users with Beta exploit kit by enticing them to visit a malicious web page. Successful infection will allow the attacker to perform Remote Code Execution on the victim's computer.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block Beta exploit kit infection attempts.

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 Beta (Sundown) Exploit Kit Landing Page 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: Exploit Kit.
Attack Information: Beta (Sundown) Exploit Kit Landing Page