Update Protection against Microsoft Windows MFC Library FileFind Class Heap Overflow Vulnerability
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2007-128 | |
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| Source: | Secunia Advisory: SA26800 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2007-4916 | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? HP All-in-One Series Web Release HP Photo & Imaging Gallery 1.1 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows 2003 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Microsoft Visual Studio .NET | ||
| Vulnerability Description A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows MFC shared library. The Microsoft Foundation Class Library is a library that wraps portions of the Windows API in C++ classes, including functionality that enables them to use a default application framework. By convincing a user to visit a specially crafted Web page, a remote attacker may trigger this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerability is due to an error in the FileFind Class that can be exploited via applications that use the FileFind class and pass user provided data to the affected function. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will exploit this vulnerability through an ActiveX control provided by HP All-in-One and HP Photo & Imaging Gallery products. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable system. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX Control. Depending on the traffic mix, activating this protection may result in performance degradation.
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 November 7, 2007 includes the following protections:
Microsoft Windows Media Player Skin Parsing Vulnerability (MS07-047) CPAI-2007-102
MIT Kerberos kadmind RPC Library Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-126)
Sun Microsystems JRE Memory Exception Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-127)
Microsoft Windows MFC Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-128)
Protections against Recent Malware Threats (CPAI-2007-129)
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 MS Windows MFC Library FileFind Class Vulnerability.
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: MS Windows MFC library FileFind class detected
VPN-1 NGX R61 & R60
How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the Web Intelligence tree, click HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following:
Block MS Windows MFC Library FileFind Class Vulnerability
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: MS Windows MFC library FileFind class detected
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:
Block MS Windows MFC Library FileFind Class Vulnerability
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99945 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:
Block MS Windows MFC Library FileFind Class Vulnerability
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99945 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:
Block MS Windows MFC Library FileFind Class Vulnerability
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: MS Windows MFC library FileFind class detected