Check Point Advisories

Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools WBEMSingleView.ocx Code Execution (CVE-2010-3973)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-350
Date Published:	26 Dec 2010
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 28 June, 2011
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-3973
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification. The WMI Administrative Tools are made of four tools: WMI CIM Studio, WMI Object Browser, WMI Event Registration, and WMI Event Viewer. A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools ActiveX control. The vulnerability is in the WMI Object Viewer WBEMSingleView.ocx ActiveX control. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to enter a malicious Web page. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected 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 WMI Administrative Tools WBEMSingleView.ocx Code Execution 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools WBEMSingleView.ocx code execution