Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Excel Embedded Shockwave Flash Object Code Execution (MS06-069; CVE-2006-3014)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2006-255
Date Published: 10 Jun 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 10 June, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2006-3014
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft Excel is a popular spreadsheet application that is usually released as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. The application can create complex spreadsheets with multiple workbooks, formulas, and various data sources. The common extension used for Microsoft Excel documents is .xls. A vulnerability exists in the Shockwave Flash object when embedded in Microsoft Excel. The flaw allows script code to be automatically executed by a Shockwave Flash Object contained within an XLS document. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a crafted Excel file, which may result in execution of arbitrary script code within the security context of the current user. In case of an attack where code injection and execution is successful, the behavior of the target is entirely dependent on the intended purpose of the inejected code. In most situations a Internet Explorer window will pop up with the malicious code on the address bar. The executed code, however, has the capability to close the window promptly, removing trails of the execution.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Excel Embedded Shockwave Flash Object Code Execution (MS06-069) 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 Excel embedded Shockwave Flash object code execution (MS06-069)

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