Check Point Advisories

Suspicious Malvertising Redirection

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0132
Date Published:	16 Feb 2017
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 30 July, 2017
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Web Browsers
Vulnerability Description	Campaigns of malvertising, redirecting to malicious web pages, have been identified. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution on the target system once the malicious page is loaded.

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 Suspicious Malvertising Redirection 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: Suspicious Malvertising Redirection