Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-0106)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0171
Date Published:	11 Apr 2017
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 11 April, 2017
Source:	Microsoft CVE-2017-0106
Industry Reference:	CVE-2017-0106
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Outlook 2007 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions) Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions) Microsoft Outlook 2016 (32-bit edition) Microsoft Outlook 2016 (64-bit edition)
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook. The vulnerability is due to the way Microsoft Outlook parses specially crafted email messages. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a specially crafted email message.

Protection Overview

This protection detects 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 Outlook Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-0106) 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: NNTP Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-0106)