Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX Control Code Execution (MS13-090; CVE-2013-3918)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-3528
Date Published: 12 Nov 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Friday 03 January, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-3918
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control, icardie.dll. When the InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control is instantiated in Internet Explorer, the control may corrupt the system state in such a way that an attacker could run arbitrary code. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted webpage. When a user views the webpage, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of specially crafted HTML file to the target

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 InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX Control Code Execution (MS13-090) 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 InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX Control Code Execution (MS13-090)

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