Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows OLEAUT32.DLL WMF File Remote Code Excution (MS11-038; CVE-2011-0658)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-285
Date Published:	14 Jun 2011
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 14 July, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2011-0658
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	The vulnerability is caused by the way that OLE Automation parses a specially crafted WMF file. An attacker could host a specially crafted Web site that is designed to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then persuade a user to view the Web site. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.

Protection Overview

This protection detects and blocks suspicious WMF 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 Windows OLEAUT32.DLL WMF File Remote Code Excution (MS11-038) 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 Windows OLEAUT32.DLL WMF file remote code excution (MS11-038)