Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows RDP ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution (MS13-029; CVE-2013-1296)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-1643
Date Published: 9 Apr 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 14 January, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-1296
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability in the way the Remote Desktop ActiveX control, mstscax.dll, attempts to access an object in memory that has been deleted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing the user to visit a specially crafted webpage. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as 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 RDP ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution (MS13-029) 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 RDP ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution (MS13-029)

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