Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Embedded TIFF Image Remote Code Execution (CVE-2013-3906)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-3540
Date Published:	6 Nov 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Saturday 04 January, 2025
Source:	CVE-2013-3906
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R70 R71 R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 & 2010 Microsoft Lync
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in a graphic rendering library used by Microsoft Office products.
Vulnerability Details	A remote attacker might exploit this issue by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted office file that contains malformed embedded TIFF image. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed office 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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Office Embedded TIFF Image Remote Code Execution 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: Application Servers Protection Violation
Attack Information: Microsoft Office Embedded TIFF Image Remote Code Execution