Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS17-006: CVE-2017-0130)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-0202
Date Published: 14 Mar 2017
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 29 March, 2023
Source: Microsoft MS17-006
Industry Reference:CVE-2017-0130
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
Vulnerability Description A type confusion vulnerability exists in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Internet Explorer while handling a specially crafted HTML file. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted HTML file with an affected version of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS17-006

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS17-006: CVE-2017-0130) 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 Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS17-006: CVE-2017-0130)

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