Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2009-282 |
Date Published: | 10 Nov 2009 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 10 November, 2009 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2009-3130 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | Microsoft Excel is a popular spreadsheet application. A remote code execution vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Excel. The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Office Excel that fails to properly parse the Excel spreadsheet file format. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted Excel spreadsheet file that includes a malformed BIFF record. Successful exploitation of this issue may corrupt system memory, allowing execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. |
This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed Excel 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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Excel document malformed BIFF record heap overflow (MS09-067)