Check Point Advisories

Suspicious Credential Harvesting

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0677
Date Published:	9 Aug 2017
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 06 September, 2017
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Web Clients
Vulnerability Description	Compromised websites injected with malicious JavaScript, have been identified. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution on the target system once the malicious page is loaded, leading to credential harvesting.

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 Credential Harvesting 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 Credential Harvesting