Check Point Advisories

Microsoft SMB Response Parsing Memory Corruption (MS10-020; CVE-2010-0476) - High Confidence

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-1602
Date Published:	12 Mar 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 09 January, 2025
Source:	CVE-2010-0476
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in the Microsoft Windows Server Message Block (SMB) client implementation.
Update/Patch Avaliable	Apply patches from: MS10-020
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to an error in the Microsoft SMB client implementation that fails to properly parse specially crafted SMB transaction responses. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by hosting a malicious SMB server that is designed to exploit this vulnerability and then convince a user to initiate an SMB connection with it. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on the target system.

Protection Overview

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

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , 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 SMB Response Parsing Memory Corruption (MS10-020) - High Confidence 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: Windows SMB Protection Violation
Attack Information: Microsoft SMB Response Parsing Memory Corruption (MS10-020) - High Confidence