Check Point Advisories

Microsoft .NET Framework OpenType Font Parsing Remote Code Execution (MS13-082; CVE-2013-3128)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-2981
Date Published: 8 Oct 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 26 March, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-3128
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 .Net Framework. The vulnerability is caused when Microsoft .Net Framework does not properly handle objects in memory while parsing specially crafted OTF files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft .NET Framework. 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft .NET Framework OpenType Font Parsing Remote Code Execution (MS13-082) 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:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft .NET Framework OpenType Font Parsing Remote Code Execution (MS13-082)

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