Check Point Advisories

Apple iOS Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-8506)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2019-2408
Date Published: 6 Dec 2020
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 17 December, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2019-8506
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Apple iOS prior to 12.2
Apple tvOS prior to 12.2
Apple watchOS prior to 5.2
Apple Safari prior to 12.1
Apple iTunes prior to 12.9.4 for Windows
Apple iCloud for Windows prior to 7.11
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Apple iOS. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

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 Apple iOS Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-8506) 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:  Apple iOS Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-8506)

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