Check Point Advisories

Oracle WebCenter Forms Recognition ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Creation (CVE-2012-1709)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-246
Date Published: 25 Jun 2012
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Monday 25 June, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-1709
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A directory traversal vulnerability has been reported in Oracle WebCenter Forms Recognition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of parameters used in certain methods in the CroProj.dll ActiveX control. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to visit a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation can lead to arbitrary code execution within the security context of the target user's browser.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle WebCenter Forms Recognition ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Creation 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:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Oracle webcenter forms recognition activex control arbitrary file creation

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