Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office WPS Converter Heap Overflow (MS12-028) - Ver2 (CVE-2012-0177)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1032
Date Published:	3 Mar 2014
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 03 March, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-0177
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient validation of .wps files by the Microsoft Works Converter. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to take complete control of an 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, 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 Office WPS Converter Heap Overflow (MS12-028) - 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Office WPS Converter Heap Overflow (MS12-028) - Ver2