Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Project Memory Validation Remote Code Execution (MS09-074; CVE-2009-0102)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-261
Date Published:	8 Dec 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 08 December, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0102
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Project is a project management software program designed to assist project managers to stay informed, keep project teams aligned, increase productivity and control project work, schedules, and finances. A remote code execution vulnerability has been identified in the way Microsoft Project handles specially crafted Project files. The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Office Project that fails to properly validate memory resource allocations when opening Project files. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system via a specially crafted Project file.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed Microsoft Office Project files over HTTP.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Office Project Memory Validation Remote Code Execution (MS09-074) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Office Project memory validation remote code execution (MS09-074)