Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Word Crafted Sprm Structure Stack Memory Corruption (MS08-072) - Ver2 (CVE-2008-4837)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1275
Date Published: 31 Mar 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Sunday 26 November, 2017
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-4837
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 Word files. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted Word file that includes a malformed record value. 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Word Crafted Sprm Structure Stack Memory Corruption (MS08-072) - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Word Crafted Sprm Structure Stack Memory Corruption (MS08-072) - Ver2

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