Check Point Advisories

Ubisoft Uplay 2.0.3 ActiveX Control Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2012-4177)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-1317
Date Published: 25 Feb 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 14 April, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-4177
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Ubisoft Uplay 2.0.3. The vulnerability is due to insufficient verification of a command path parameter value when parsing a Uplay ActiveX object. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a webpage that contains a specially crafted Uplay ActiveX object with a specific orbit_exe_path parameter value.

Protection Overview

The protection will stop 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Ubisoft Uplay 2.0.3 ActiveX Control Arbitrary Code Execution 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:  Ubisoft Uplay 2.0.3 ActiveX control arbitrary code execution

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