Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure (MS16-104: CVE-2016-3351)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0745
Date Published: 13 Sep 2016
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 04 January, 2017
Source: Microsoft MS16-104
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-3351
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10
Microsoft Edge
Vulnerability Description An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer and EDGE browsers. The vulnerability is due to improperly handling requests for module resources. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a specially crafted web-page with an affected version of Internet Explorer or EDGE.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS16-104

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure (MS16-104: CVE-2016-3351) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure (MS16-104: CVE-2016-3351)

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