Check Point Advisories

Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX Remote Code Execution (CVE-2007-2177)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-148
Date Published: 9 Sep 2008
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 20 October, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-2177
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description ActiveX controls are reusable software components based on Microsoft Component Object Model (COM). A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to an error in a Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX control. To trigger this issue, an attacker can create a malicious web page that initiates the vulnerable COM Object. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows 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 Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX Remote Code Execution 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:  Microgaming Download Helper ActiveX remote code execution

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