Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Word Hidden Border Use-After-Free (MS11-089; CVE-2011-1983)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-140
Date Published:	30 Apr 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Friday 22 November, 2024
Source:	CVE-2011-1983
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to a use-after-free condition caused by the improper handling of certain tags. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted Word document. Successful exploitation would 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 specially crafted Word documents.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Office Word Hidden Border Use-After-Free (MS11-089) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Content Protection Violation
Attack Information: Microsoft Office Word hidden border use-after-free (MS11-089)