Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Visio DXF File Inserting Buffer Overflow (CVE-2010-1681)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-405
Date Published:	26 Jul 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 26 May, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-1681
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Visio is a diagram creation software for Microsoft Windows. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Visio. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in Microsoft Office Visio when parsing DXF files inserted into Visio documents. This vulnerability may be exploited by remote attackers by enticing a user to open a maliciously crafted Visio file with a vulnerable version of the application. 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 Visio 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Office Visio DXF File Inserting Buffer Overflow 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 Visio DXF file inserting buffer overflow