Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Excel Version Information Handling Code Execution (MS07-036; CVE-2007-1756; CVE-2007-3030; CVE-2008-0081)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2007-085
Date Published:	10 Jul 2007
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 10 September, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-1756 CVE-2007-3030 CVE-2008-0081
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Excel is a popular spreadsheet application. Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft Excel. A remote attacker could exploit these issues via a malformed Excel file. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code on a target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed Excel files over HTTP.

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 R70 / R71

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Excel Version Information Handling Code Execution (MS07-036) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

This protection's log will contain the following information:. Attack Name : Content Protection Violation .
Attack Information: . Microsoft Excel version information handling code execution (MS07-036). Microsoft Excel file handling macro validation code execution (MS08-014). For users of VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55, SmartView Tracker will log rule 980120.