Update Protection against Aurigma and HP ActiveX Kill Bits Vulnerability
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2008-118 | |
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| Source: | Microsoft Security Advisory (953839) | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Windows XP SP2 Windows XP SP3 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition SP2 Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Itanium) Windows Server 2003 SP2 (Itanium) Windows Vista Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista x64 Edition Windows Vista x64 Edition SP1 Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) | ||
| Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The flaw is located in multiple ActiveX Controls of Aurigma Image Uploader and of HP Instant Support HPISDataManager.dll. ActiveX controls are reusable software components based on Microsoft Component Object Model (COM). 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 could result in remote code execution on the target system once the malicious page is loaded. |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerability is due to an error in the ActiveX controls. To trigger this issue, an attacker can create a malicious web page that initiates the vulnerable COM Objects. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable system. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX Controls. 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 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
HP Security Bulletin
Aurigma Security Bulletin