Check Point Advisories

HP Software Update Tool ActiveX Control File Overwrite (CVE-2007-6506)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-001
Date Published: 7 Jan 2008
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 28 July, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-6506
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description HP Software Update tool provides updates for HP software programs and HP devices. An arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability has been reported in the HP Software Update Tool. The vulnerability is due to a design weakness in the HP Software Update ActiveX control. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will exploit this vulnerability. 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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70 / R65

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Software Update Tool ActiveX Control File Overwrite 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:  HP Software Update Tool ActiveX Control File Overwrite

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