Check Point Advisories

Adobe Shockwave Player Chunk Parsing Out of Bounds (APSB12-13) - Ver2 (CVE-2012-2031)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-314
Date Published:	18 May 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 18 May, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-2031
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Shockwave player. The vulnerability is due to a memory corruption error while parsing crafted data in an rcsL chunk within a DIR media file. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted DIR or DCR file with an affected version of Shockwave Player. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the logged-on 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 Adobe Shockwave Player Chunk Parsing Out of Bounds (APSB12-13) - 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: Adobe Shockwave Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Shockwave Player Chunk Parsing Out of Bounds (APSB12-13) - Ver2