Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption (MS16-015: CVE-2016-0055)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0078
Date Published: 9 Feb 2016
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 09 February, 2016
Source: Microsoft MS16-015
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-0055
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft PowerPoint. The vulnerability is due to improper dereferencing of pointers when handling certain objects. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a malicious PowerPoint file that will lead to a memory corruption. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS16-015

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 Office Memory Corruption (MS16-015: CVE-2016-0055) 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 Office Memory Corruption (MS16-015: CVE-2016-0055)

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