Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Visio Packed Object Parsing Memory Corruption - ver 2 (CVE-2007-0936)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1624
Date Published:	10 Jun 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 10 June, 2014
Source:	Microsoft 927051
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-0936
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Visio 2002 Microsoft Visio 2003
Vulnerability Description	A remote code-execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Visio. The vulnerability is due to incorrectly handling the parsing of a packed object. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a crafted Microsoft Visio file, potentially causing arbitrary code to be injected and executed in the security context of the current user.

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 Visio Packed Object Parsing Memory Corruption - ver 2 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 Visio Packed Object Parsing Memory Corruption - ver 2