Check Point Advisories

reestr Root Directory Creation Mail Phishing Attempts

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-1109
Date Published:	17 Sep 2015
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 22 June, 2016
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Mail phishing attempts including root directory creation has been discovered. By deceiving the system administrator to implant a backdoor an attacker may run arbitrary code on the affected web server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this mail phishing messages.

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 reestr Root Directory Creation Mail Phishing Attempts 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: Phishing Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: reestr Root Directory Creation Mail Phishing Attempts