Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Word Memory Corruption (MS13-072: CVE-2013-3848)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-2929
Date Published:	10 Sep 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 11 November, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2013-3848
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word. The vulnerability is caused when Microsoft Word does not properly handle objects in memory while parsing specially crafted Office files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a specially crafted document with an affected version of Microsoft Word. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to take complete control of the target system.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Word Memory Corruption (MS13-072: CVE-2013-3848) 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 Word Memory Corruption (MS13-072: CVE-2013-3848)