Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Malformed TrueType Font Remote Code Execution (MS12-034; CVE-2012-0159)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-198
Date Published: 8 May 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 09 January, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-0159
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 Windows. The vulnerability is caused due to incorrect handling of specially crafted TTF files. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing an affected user to open a specially crafted web-page. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow execution of arbitrary code on a target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to transfer malicious TTF files over HTTP.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Malformed TrueType Font Remote Code Execution (MS12-034) 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 Windows Malformed TrueType Font remote code execution (MS12-034)

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