Update Protection against Microsoft Visual FoxPro ActiveX Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability (MS08-010)
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2008-022 | |
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| Source: | Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-010 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2007-4790 | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 6 SP1 Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 | ||
| Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Visual FoxPro. Microsoft Visual FoxPro is an application development tool for building database applications. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML document or open a malicious web page. Successful exploitation could result in a denial of service and in execution of arbitrary code on the affected system. |
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Update/Patch Available Apply patches: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-010 |
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Vulnerability Details This vulnerability is due to a memory corruption error in certain ActiveX objects of Microsoft Visual FoxPro when it is used in Microsoft Internet Explorer. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML document or open a malicious web page. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability. 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.