Check Point Advisories

Adobe Reader Crafted XSL Remote Code Execution (APSB13-02; CVE-2012-1530)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-025
Date Published: 17 Jan 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 17 January, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-1530
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Adobe Reader is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when a certain function is called from a specially crafted XSL file embedded within a PDF file.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malicious data to the target client.

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 Adobe Reader Crafted XSL Remote Code Execution (APSB13-02) 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:  Adobe Products Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Reader crafted XSL remote code execution (APSB13-02)

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