Check Point Advisories

Macrovision InstallShield Update Service isusweb.dll Remote Buffer Overflow (CVE-2007-6654)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-394
Date Published: 15 Feb 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 19 January, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-6654
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Macrovision InstallShield line of products provides solution to software publishers and developers for electronically packaging, distributing, and updating their applications. More specifically, InstallShield is a software tool for creating installers or software packages. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Macrovision InstallShield Update Service ActiveX control. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error while processing calls to a certain method of the ActiveX control. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a malicious webpage, allowing arbitrary code to be injected and executed in the security context of the currently logged in user. In case of an attack where code execution is successful, the behavior of the target will depend on the intention of the attacker. Any injected code will be executed within the security context of the currently logged in user. In case of an attack where code execution is unsuccessful, Internet Explorer may 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Macrovision InstallShield Update Service isusweb.dll Remote Buffer Overflow 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:  Macrovision InstallShield Update Service isusweb.dll remote buffer overflow

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