Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Publisher 2007 conversion library code execution (MS07-037; CVE-2007-1754)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2007-292
Date Published: 25 May 2010
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Tuesday 25 May, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-1754
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft Publisher is an application that allows users to design, layout and format documents destined to be published in print, on the web, and other formats. Microsoft Publisher 2007 is included with Microsoft Office 2007, while other versions of the application are installed separately. The file extension used by Microsoft Publisher files is .PUB. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Publisher 2007. The vulnerability is due to inadequately clearing out memory resources when writing application data from disk to memory. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a crafted Publisher file, potentially causing arbitrary code to be injected and executed in the security context of the current user. An attack targeting this vulnerability can result in the injection and execution of code. If code execution is successful, the behavior of the target will depend on the intention of the attacker. Any code injected will be executed within the security context of the currently logged in user. In the case of an unsuccessful code execution attack, Publisher will terminate resulting in the loss of any unsaved data from the current session.

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 Publisher 2007 conversion library code execution (MS07-037) 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 Publisher 2007 conversion library code execution (MS07-037)

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