Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows MSXML XSLT Remote Code Execution (MS13-002; CVE-2013-0007)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-1346
Date Published: 8 Jan 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 08 January, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-0007
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability is due to an error in MSXML when parsing specially crafted XML content. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation may corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the logged-on user.

Protection Overview

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

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.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows MSXML XSLT Remote Code Execution (MS13-002) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows MSXML XSLT remote code execution (MS13-002)

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