Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Word Smart Tags Code Execution (MS06-027; CVE-2006-2492)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2006-201
Date Published:	4 Feb 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 09 January, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-2492
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Word software. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of certain fields related to the Smart Tags in a Word document. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a crafted Word file, which may result in injection and execution of arbitrary code within the security context of the target user. In an attack scenario, where arbitrary code is attempted to be injected and executed on the target machine, the behavior of the target is dependent on the logic of the malicious code. If such an attack is not executed successfully, the vulnerable application may terminate as a result of the attack attempt. An unsuccessful exploit attempt would abnormally terminate the affected application.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Word Smart Tags Code Execution (MS06-027) 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 Word smart tags code execution (MS06-027)