Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Word RTF listoverridecount Memory Corruption - Ver2 (CVE-2014-1761)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0356
Date Published:	26 Mar 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 26 March, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-1761
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of structures when parsing a specially crafted RTF document. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a specially crafted RTF file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected 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 listoverridecount Memory Corruption - 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 listoverridecount Memory Corruption - Ver2