Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Web Components Multiple Buffer Overflows (MS08-017; CVE-2006-4695; CVE-2007-1201; CVE-2009-0562; CVE-2009-1136; CVE-2009-1534; CVE-2009-2493; CVE-2009-2496)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2008-035
Date Published:	11 Mar 2008
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 07 August, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-4695 CVE-2007-1201 CVE-2009-0562 CVE-2009-1136 CVE-2009-1534 CVE-2009-2493 CVE-2009-2496
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Office Web Components are a collection of Component Object Model (COM) controls for publishing spreadsheets, charts, and databases to the Web, and for viewing the published components on the Web. A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office Web Components. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted Web page. Successful exploitation could result in execution of arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block 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 / R71 / R70 / R65

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Office Web Components Multiple Buffer Overflows (MS08-017) 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: Microsoft Office Web Components buffer overflow (MS08-017)