Check Point Advisories

Microsoft WordPad Text Converter Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2010-2563)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-0988
Date Published:	3 Mar 2014
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 03 March, 2014
Source:	CVE-2010-2563
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75 and above
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2. A remote attacker could trigger this vulnerability by enticing a vulnerable target to open a specially crafted document file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected 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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R70 / R71 / R75 and above

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft WordPad Text Converter Buffer Overflow - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft WordPad Text Converter Buffer Overflow - Ver2