Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Folder GUID Code Execution (MS06-045; CVE-2006-3281)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-281
Date Published: 13 Dec 2009
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 13 December, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2006-3281
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft Windows is a very popular operating system that is deployed the majority of desktops and workstations in business and home user environments. Included with the operating system is a graphical file browsing and execution shell called Windows Explorer. The application is capable of interpreting many file formats and launching applications to utilize the files. There exists a vulnerability in the Windows Explorer component of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability is caused by an error during the handling of directories containing CLSID extensions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user into executing a malicious HTA file via a specially crafted web page or file share. In an attack case where code injection is successful, the behaviour 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.

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 Microsoft Windows Folder GUID Code Execution (MS06-045) 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:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows Folder GUID code execution (MS06-045)

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