Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Visio SVG File Information Disclosure (MS13-044; CVE-2013-1301)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-1700
Date Published:	2 May 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 13 May, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2013-1301
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Visio. The vulnerability is caused when Microsoft Visio improperly handles XML external entities that are resolved within other XML external entity declarations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read data from a file located on the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malicious SVG documents.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Visio SVG File Information Disclosure (MS13-044) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Visio SVG File Information Disclosure (MS13-044)