Check Point Advisories

VMware COM API ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-3892)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2008-338
Date Published:	22 Feb 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 22 February, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-3892
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	VMware API is developed by VMware Inc. to provide a complete set of language-neutral interfaces to the VMware Virtual Infrastructure Management (VIM) Framework. When the Windows version, VMware COM API, is installed on a Windows hosting computer, an ActiveX control is registered. A buffer overflow vulnerability is reported in VMware COM API. The vulnerability is due to an improper error handling while processing arguments passed to a certain method of an ActiveX Control. A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerability by enticing the target user to visit a malicious web page. Successful exploitation would allow for arbitrary code injection and execution. An attack targeting this vulnerability can cause Internet Explorer to terminate abnormally.

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 VMware COM API ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: VMware COM API ActiveX control buffer overflow