Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Controls Remote Code Execution (MS09-055; CVE-2009-2493)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-198
Date Published: 1 Oct 2009
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 13 October, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-2493
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
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 several Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX controls. To trigger this issue, an attacker can create a malicious web page that initiates the vulnerable COM Objects. 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 Controls.

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 Microsoft Outlook View ActiveX Controls Remote Code Execution (MS09-055) 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 Outlook View ActiveX controls remote code execution (MS09-055)

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