Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Word Section Table Array Buffer Overflow (MS07-14) - Ver2 (CVE-2007-0515)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1245
Date Published:	31 Mar 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 31 March, 2014
Source:	CVE-2007-0515
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-0515
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R77, R76, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Word is a document authoring product released by the Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Word is available packaged with the Microsoft Office suite, as well as in form of a standalone product. Its native file format is the Word Document, normally identified by the .doc file extension. A Word Document has numerous properties which define the appearance of the document, as well as some more advanced properties for document objects, such as URLs, embedded images, and so on. There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Word. The vulnerability is created due to a flaw in the Section Table entry inside the Table Stream structure. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a crafted Word file. Exploitation of the vulnerability may result in injection and execution of arbitrary code within the security context of the target user. In an attack scenario, where arbitrary code is attempted to be injected and executed on the target machine, the behaviour of the target is dependent on the intention of the malicious code. If such an attack is not executed successfully, the vulnerable application may terminate as a result of the attack attempt.

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 R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Word Section Table Array Buffer Overflow (MS07-14) - 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 Word Section Table Array Buffer Overflow (MS07-14) - Ver2