Check Point Advisories

Microsoft SharePoint Directory Traversal (MS13-024; CVE-2013-0084)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-1596
Date Published: 12 Mar 2013
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 29 October, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-0084
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description An elevation of privilege exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server. The vulnerability is due to an error in the way Microsoft SharePoint handles specially crafted URLs. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted web page. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could allow an attacker, after obtaining sensitive system data, elevate their access to the server.

Protection Overview

A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected server.

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 SharePoint Directory Traversal (MS13-024) 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 Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft SharePoint directory traversal (MS13-024)

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