Check Point Advisories

NTR ActiveX Control StopModule() Remote Code Execution (CVE-2012-0267)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-2536
Date Published: 7 Aug 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 16 January, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-0267
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in the NTR ActiveX 1.1.8. The vulnerability is due to insufficient boundary checks when handling parameters passed to StopModule() method. Remote attacker could exploit this issue by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML document or open a malicious web page.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the NTR ActiveX Control StopModule() Remote 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:  NTR ActiveX Control StopModule() remote code execution

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