Check Point Advisories

Microsoft OLE Property Code Execution (MS11-093; CVE-2011-3400)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-567
Date Published: 13 Dec 2011
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 22 July, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2011-3400
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). The vulnerability is due to improper handling of OLE objects in memory. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a file containing a specially crafted OLE object. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the logged-on user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of files containing malicious OLE objects.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft OLE Property Code Execution (MS11-093) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft OLE property code execution (MS11-093)

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