Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Eclipsedwing RPC Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-4250)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0339
Date Published:	27 Apr 2017
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 27 April, 2017
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-4250
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exist in Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (RPC). The vulnerability is due to the way RPC service handles certain requests. The Fuzzbunch tool allows attackers to execute this exploit. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can execut arbitrary code on the target machine.

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 Windows Eclipsedwing RPC 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: Windows SMB Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Eclipsedwing RPC Buffer Overflow