Check Point Advisories

Facebook Photo Uploader ActiveX Control FileMask Method Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-0660)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-258
Date Published: 14 Dec 2009
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 17 February, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-0660
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Facebook is a social networking website which allows its users to publish their photos. The website publishes an ActiveX control, ImageUploader4.ocx, to assist photo uploading. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Facebook Photo Uploader ActiveX control. The flaw is due to a boundary error in multiple control's properties. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by persuading the target user to view a malicious web page. Successful attack could allow for arbitrary code execution with privileges of the currently logged on user. In an attack case where code injection is successful, the behavior of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the current user. In the case of an unsuccessful code execution attack, Internet Explorer may terminate abnormally.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Facebook Photo Uploader ActiveX Control FileMask Method Buffer Overflow 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:  Facebook Photo Uploader activeX control FileMask method buffer overflow

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