Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2010-336 |
Date Published: | 14 Dec 2010 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 14 December, 2010 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2010-3946 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | PICT is a graphics file format that allows the interchange of graphics (both bitmapped and vector), and some limited text support, between Mac applications. A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the way that Microsoft Office allocates buffer size when handling PICT image files. The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Office PICT Image Converter that fails to properly allocate buffer sizes in memory. A remote attacker may trigger this issue by convincing a user to open an Office document containing a specially crafted PICT image file. By persuading a user to open the malformed file, an attacker could take complete control of an affected system. |
This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed Word RTF files over HTTP.
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This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft graphics filters PICT image converter integer overflow (MS10-105)