Check Point Advisories

Microsoft PowerPoint Malformed Data Record Code Execution (MS06-058; CVE-2006-3876)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2006-308
Date Published: 24 Oct 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 24 October, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2006-3876
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular presentation application that is usually released as part of the Microsoft Office suite. The application can create complex presentations using graphics, video and sound. The common extension used for Microsoft PowerPoint documents is .ppt. There exists a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint. The flaw is caused by an incorrect processing of non-container records contained within a PowerPoint file. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary code in the security context of the currently logged in user. In case of an attack where code injection is not successful, the vulnerable Microsoft PowerPoint application will terminate when the file is opened. In case of an attack where code injection and execution is successful, the behavior of the target host 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. The affected application might also stop functioning as a result of such an attack.

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 PowerPoint Malformed Data Record Code Execution (MS06-058) 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 PowerPoint malformed data record code execution (MS06-058)

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