Check Point Advisories

Microsoft PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom Arbitrary Array Indexing (MS10-004; CVE-2010-0031; CVE-2010-0032)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-027
Date Published:	9 Feb 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 07 May, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-0031 CVE-2010-0032
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular graphics software for preparing slides and presentations. Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft PowerPoint. The vulnerabilities are due to an invalid array indexing and to a use after free error in Microsoft PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom record when processing malicious PowerPoint documents. A remote attacker could trigger these flaws by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted PowerPoint file. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed PowerPoint files over 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom Arbitrary Array Indexing (MS10-004) 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: Microsoft PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom arbitrary array indexing (MS10-004)