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Update Protection against Trend Micro OfficeScan ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2007-051
Date Published:
Severity:
Last Updated:
Source: Secunia Advisory: SA24193
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2007-0325
Protection Provided by: VPN-1
  • NGX R65
  • NGX R62
  • NGX R61
  • NGX R60
  • NG with Application Intelligence R55W
  • NG with Application Intelligence R55
VSX
  • NGX
InterSpect
  • NGX
  • 2.0 and 1.x
Who is Vulnerable?
Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition version 7.0
Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition version 7.3
Vulnerability Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the Trend Micro OfficeScan Client ActiveX control. The Trend Micro OfficeScan product is a centralized virus and security scan management system. OfficeScan Client is an integrated client which provides security protection for the network endpoints. By convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML documents or open a malicious web page, a remote attacker could cause the browser to crash allowing execution of arbitrary commands.
Update/Patch Available
Apply patches:
http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1034288
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in the Trend Micro OfficeScan Web-Deployment 'SetupINICtrl' ActiveX control in 'OfficeScanSetupINI.dll' when handling malformed arguments. To trigger the vulnerability, an attacker can create a malicious Web page that initiates a malformed ActiveX control. Successful exploitation could create a denial of service condition (causing the browser to crash) and could result in remote code execution on the target system once the malicious page is loaded.

Protection Overview
This protection will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX Control. Depending on the traffic mix, activating this protection may result in performance degradation.

Please note that the protection offered in this advisory may cause false positives by blocking legitimate traffic. We are working on solving this issue.
This issue has been fixed on the update package from June 22, 2010.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your VPN-1/InterSpect product to the latest SmartDefense update. For information on how to update SmartDefense, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.

Additional Information
The Update released on April 15, 2007 includes the following protections:

 

Symantec Veritas NetBackup Code Execution Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-045)
Oracle ORADC ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-046)
Trend Micro ServerProtect Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (CPAI-2007-047)
Novell Netmail WebAdmin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-048)
Novell NetMail IMAP Verb Literal Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-049)
Microsoft Windows Workstation Service Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-050)
Trend Micro OfficeScan ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-051)
Protect Yourself against FTP Brute Force Attacks (SBP-2007-05)
Protect Yourself against FTP Format Strings Attacks (SBP-2007-06)

VPN-1 NGX R65 & R62

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Web Intelligence > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities > Block Trend Micro OfficeScan Client Buffer Overflow.
2. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.



3. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Trend Micro OfficeScan Client buffer overflow

VPN-1 NGX R61, R60, VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55W

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the Web Intelligence tree, click HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:

Block Trend Micro OfficeScan Client Buffer Overflow

3. Install security policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Trend Micro OfficeScan Client buffer overflow

VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:

Block Trend Micro OfficeScan Client Buffer Overflow

3. Install security policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99859 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.

VPN-1 VSX NGX

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:

Block Trend Micro OfficeScan Client Buffer Overflow

3. Install security policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99859 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.

InterSpect NGX

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the left pane, select Profiles > Default Protection and select the Web Intelligence page of the profile.
2. In the Web Intelligence tree, click HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities.
3. Select the following pattern:

Block Trend Micro OfficeScan Client Buffer Overflow

4. Install security policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Trend Micro OfficeScan Client buffer overflow

InterSpect 2.0

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:

Block Trend Micro OfficeScan Client Buffer Overflow

3. Install security policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Trend Micro OfficeScan Client buffer overflow