Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download (CVE-2008-2463)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-096
Date Published: 8 Jul 2008
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 08 July, 2008
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-2463
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft Snapshot Viewer is an application that allows viewing of snapshots created with any version of Microsoft Access. A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access. The vulnerability is due to an error in the Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will enable him to download arbitrary files to a client machine. 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download 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:  Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control arbitrary file download

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