Check Point Advisories

Microsoft OLE Automation String Manipulation Heap Overflow (MS07-043; CVE-2007-2224)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2007-306
Date Published: 8 Feb 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 08 February, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-2224
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft Object linking and embedding (OLE) Automation is the formal inter-process communication mechanism based on Component Object Model (COM). It provides an infrastructure whereby applications called automation controllers can access and manipulate shared automation objects that are exported by other applications. There exist a heap buffer overrun vulnerability in Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation library. The flaw is due to an improper handling of specific integer parameters by certain API function. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system with the privileges of the currently logged in user. In case of an attack where code injection is not successful, the affected Internet Explorer may terminate when the malicious page is opened. In case of an attack where code injection and execution is successful, the behavior of the system is dependent on the intended function of the injected code. Any code injected into the vulnerable component would execute in the security context of the currently logged in user.

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 OLE Automation String Manipulation Heap Overflow (MS07-043) 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:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft OLE automation string manipulation heap overflow (MS07-043)

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