Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Data Analyzer ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution (MS10-008; CVE-2010-0252)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-019
Date Published: 9 Feb 2010
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 09 February, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2010-0252
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Microsoft Data Analyzer is a data analysis software for Microsoft Office XP. Microsoft Data Analyzer allows analyzing and visualizing data and data trends, and is integrated with SQL Server Analysis Services. Reports and graphs generated could be saved as Excel or PowerPoint files. A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in the Microsoft Data Analyzer ActiveX Control. The vulnerability is due to a flaw in the Microsoft Data Analyzer ActiveX Control. When the ActiveX control is used in Internet Explorer, the control may corrupt the system state in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by convincing a user to visit a malicious Web page. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow the attacker to take complete control of the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to access proscribed ActiveX controls via HTTP.

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 / R71 / R70 / R65

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Data Analyzer ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution (MS10-008) 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 Data Analyzer ActiveX control remote code execution (MS10-008)

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