Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Art Drawing Records Code Execution (MS10-087; CVE-2010-3334)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-308
Date Published:	9 Nov 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 15 December, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-3334
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Office is an office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. A remote attacker could exploit this issue via a malformed Office file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code on a target system. The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Office that fails to properly parse specially crafted Office files. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a malicious Office file. Successful exploitation of this issue may corrupt system memory, allowing execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

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 / R71 / R70 / R65

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Office Art Drawing Records Code Execution (MS10-087) 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 Office Art Drawing records code execution (MS10-087)