Check Point Advisories

Foxit Reader PDF Files Processing Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-0837)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1987
Date Published:	9 Nov 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 18 November, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0837
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Foxit Reader 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301
Vulnerability Description	There exists a Stack-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long relative path or absolute path in the filename argument in an action.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block responses attempting 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 Foxit Reader PDF Files Processing Buffer Overflow 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: Foxit Reader PDF Files Processing Buffer Overflow