Check Point Advisories

Preemptive protection against Microsoft CGM File Format Memory Corruption (MS12-057; CVE-2012-2524)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-397
Date Published:	27 Aug 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 21 November, 2024
Source:	CVE-2010-3945
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R70 R71 R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Vulnerability Description	A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office.
Update/Patch Avaliable	Apply patches from: MS12-057
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to an error in the way Microsoft Office handles specially crafted Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to click on a specially crafted link. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Protection Overview

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

No update is required to address this vulnerability

Users are protected against this vulnerability if the Microsoft Graphics Filters CGM Image Converter Buffer Overrun Vulnerability (MS10-105) protection found in the Protection section of CPAI-2010-337 has been applied.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Graphics Filters CGM Image Converter Buffer Overrun Vulnerability (MS10-105) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Content Protection Violation
Attack Information: Microsoft Graphics Filters CGM Image Converter Buffer Overrun Vulnerability (MS10-105)