Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2012-281 |
Date Published: | 23 Jul 2012 |
Severity: | Medium |
Last Updated: | Thursday 27 June, 2013 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2012-1710 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
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 a certain method in the Sssplt30 ActiveX control. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file creation or overwriting in the target. |
This protection will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX control.
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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Oracle Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Oracle WebCenter forms recognition sssplt30.ocx arbitrary file creation