Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows GDI+ EMF Heap Overflow (MS12-034; CVE-2012-0167)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-190
Date Published:	8 May 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 09 October, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-0167
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft GDI+. The vulnerability is due to the improper handling of validation of specially crafted EMF images within a Microsoft Office file. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted Office document with an affected version of Microsoft Office. Successful exploitation attempt would allow an attacker to take complete control of the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block specially crafted EMF 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 Windows GDI+ EMF Heap Overflow (MS12-034) 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 Windows GDI+ EMF heap overflow (MS12-034)