Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Word RTF Stylesheet Control Word Memory Corruption (MS08-072) - Ver2 (CVE-2008-4031)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1265
Date Published:	31 Mar 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 31 March, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-4031
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Word is a popular word processing software. A remote code execution vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word. The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Word that fails to properly handle malformed Rich Text Format (.rtf) files. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted RTF file in Word. Successful exploitation of this issue may corrupt system memory allowing execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable 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 Word RTF Stylesheet Control Word Memory Corruption (MS08-072) - 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 Word RTF Stylesheet Control Word Memory Corruption (MS08-072) - Ver2