Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Drawing Object Code Execution (MS07-025; CVE-2007-1747)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-064
Date Published:	20 Feb 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 15 October, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-1747
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability is due to insufficient data validation by the application when parsing Office drawing objects. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing target users to open a specially crafted Office document. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system, in the security context of the logged on user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed Office documents.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Office Drawing Object Code Execution (MS07-025) 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 drawing object code execution (MS07-025)