Check Point Advisories

Orbit Downloader Long URL Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-0187)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-380
Date Published:	6 Jan 2010
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Wednesday 29 January, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0187
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Orbit Downloader, developed by Orbit Downloader Team, is a graphical download manager for Microsoft Windows operating system. Orbit Downloader works with all major browsers like Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Maxthon, and Netscape. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Orbit Downloader. The vulnerability is caused due to an insufficient boundary checking in the URL string processing. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a malicious long URL. Successful exploitation might lead to injection and execution of arbitrary code 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 intented function of the injected code. In case of an attack where code injection is unsuccessful, Orbit Downloader 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Orbit Downloader Long URL Stack 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Orbit Downloader long URL stack buffer overflow