Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office File Malformed String Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS06-038; CVE-2006-1540) - ver 2

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-3726
Date Published:	29 Dec 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 02 January, 2025
Source:	CVE-2006-1540
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Access 2000 Microsoft Access 2002 Microsoft Access 2003 Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Excel 2002 Microsoft Excel 2003 Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Microsoft InfoPath 2003 Microsoft OneNote 2003 Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Project 2000 Microsoft Project 2002 Microsoft Project 2003 Microsoft Publisher 2000 Microsoft Publisher 2002 Microsoft Publisher 2003 Microsoft Visio 2002 Microsoft Visio 2003 Microsoft Word 2000 Microsoft Word 2002 Microsoft Word 2003 Microsoft Word Viewer 2003
Vulnerability Description	A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in several Microsoft Office applications.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability can be exploited via a malformed string included in an Office file. Such a string might be included in an email attachment processed by one of the affected applications or hosted on a malicious web site. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Office file that could allow remote code execution.

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 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 Office File Malformed String Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS06-038) - ver 2 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 Office File Malformed String Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS06-038) - ver 2