Check Point Advisories

Microsoft PowerPoint OfficeArt Shape Remote Code Execution (MS11-094; CVE-2011-3413)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-576
Date Published: 13 Dec 2011
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 10 May, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2011-3413
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 PowerPoint. The vulnerability is due to memory corruption in PowerPoint while reading an invalid record in a specially crafted PowerPoint file. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by convincing a target user to open a specially crafted PowerPoint file, usually included as an email attachment or on a malicious web site. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of specially crafted PowerPoint files.

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 PowerPoint OfficeArt Shape Remote Code Execution (MS11-094) 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 PowerPoint OfficeArt shape remote code execution (MS11-094)

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