Check Point Advisories

Microsoft XMLHTTP Control Open Method Code Execution (MS06-071) - Ver2 (CVE-2006-5745)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1001
Date Published:	3 Mar 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 03 March, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-5745
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	XML HTTP, an ActiveX control that is included in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML), is vulnerable to remote code execution. MSXML is an application for processing Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation in an XML file that allows programmers to create high-performance XML-based applications. The vulnerability is due to a memory corruption flaw in the XMLHTTP ActiveX Control when processing a specially crafted argument passed to a'setRequestHeader' method. An attacker can trigger this flaw by convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document. Successful exploitation could result in the crashing of the victim's Web browser, once the malicious page is loaded allowing execution of arbitrary code.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft XMLHTTP Control Open Method Code Execution (MS06-071) - Ver2 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft XMLHTTP Control Open Method Code Execution (MS06-071) - Ver2