Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Vista Feed Headlines Gadget Code Execution (MS07-048; CVE-2007-3033)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2007-311
Date Published: 6 Oct 2009
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 20 July, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-3033
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Gadgets are mini applications with a variety of possible uses. They can connect to web services to deliver business data, weather information, news updates, traffic maps, Internet radio streams, and even slide shows of on-line photo albums. Windows Vista is shipped with a set of gadgets, including the "Feed Headlines" gadget, an RSS utility. There exists a cross site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista Feed Headlines gadget. The vulnerability is caused due to lack of input validation when parsing RSS feeds. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by convincing a target user to subscribe to a malicious RSS feed, potentially causing arbitrary code to be injected and executed in the security context of the currently logged in user. In a successful attack scenario, the attacker can inject Javascript code that will download and execute a malicious binary. The behaviour of the system is dependent on the nature of the executed code that would execute in the security context of the currently logged in user.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Vista Feed Headlines Gadget Code Execution (MS07-048) 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 Windows Vista Feed Headlines Gadget code execution (MS07-048)

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