Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office PowerPoint Legacy Files (CVE-2010-2572)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	SBP-2010-30
Date Published:	9 Nov 2010
Severity:	N/A
Last Updated:	Sunday 13 December, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-2572
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. A remote attacker could exploit this issue via a malformed PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint that fails to properly parse PowerPoint 95 files. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted PowerPoint file in legacy format. Successful exploitation of this issue may corrupt system memory, allowing execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. There are cases in which certain traffic, although not intended for malicious use, is very unsafe, since it may transfer shellcode which is undetectable by IPS.

Protection Overview

This protection detects and blocks the transferring of legacy Office 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 Office PowerPoint Legacy Files 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 PowerPoint legacy file