Check Point Advisories

IBM and Lenovo Access Support acpRunner ActiveX Security Bypass (CVE-2007-2928; CVE-2007-2929; CVE-2007-2940)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2007-116
Date Published:	10 Oct 2007
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 10 October, 2007
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-2928 CVE-2007-2929 CVE-2007-2940
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	The Access Support software package for IBM and Lenovo systems includes several ActiveX controls. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML document or open a malicious web page. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution on the target system once the malicious page is loaded. The vulnerabilities are due to multiple errors in the "AcpController.dll" control. To trigger these errors, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will exploit these vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable system

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX Control.

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 / R71 / R70 / R65

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the IBM and Lenovo Access Support acpRunner ActiveX Security Bypass 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: IBM and Lenovo Access Support acpRunner ActiveX security bypass