Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Address Book Contact File Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2020-1410)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-0660
Date Published:	14 Jul 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 14 July, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-1410
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 8.1 Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Windows RT 8.1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation) Microsoft Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation) Microsoft Windows Server version 1909 (Server Core installation) Microsoft Windows Server version 2004 (Server Core installation)
Vulnerability Description	An integer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows Address Book. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of Contact files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a Windows Contacts file. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution in the security context of the user.

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 Address Book Contact File Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2020-1410) 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 Address Book Contact File Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2020-1410)