Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Packager Embedded File (CVE-2012-0013)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-018
Date Published:	10 Jan 2012
Severity:	N/A
Last Updated:	Monday 22 July, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-0013
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Object Linking and Embedding allows application objects to be embedded within documents for use in other Windows applications. These objects can be static (embedded) or dynamic (in-place activation) in nature. An example of in-place activation would be the embedding of an Excel spreadsheet within a Microsoft Word file. Microsoft Windows Object Packager allows non-OLE objects to be packaged and embedded inside OLE. 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

IPS will detect and block the transferring of embedded Office 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Office Packager Embedded File 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 Packager Embedded File