Check Point Advisories

Adobe RoboHelp Server SQL Injection (CVE-2008-2991)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-314
Date Published: 30 Sep 2009
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Wednesday 30 September, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-2991
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Adobe RoboHelp Server is a server-based Help solution that provides real-time end-user feedback on Help and knowledge bases. It gathers and logs data about what questions users ask, while searching content and how users navigate through topics. There exists an SQL injection vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp Server. An exploit can lead to disclosure of sensitive information, unauthorized data alternation, and loss of data. In case an attack did make destructive changes to the database, abnormal behaviour of target server might not be observed. Otherwise, the affected service might stop functioning, creating a denial of service condition.

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 Adobe RoboHelp Server SQL Injection 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:  Adobe Products Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe RoboHelp Server SQL injection

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