Update Protection against Microsoft Office PowerPoint Memory Corruption Vulnerability (MS08-016)
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2008-039 | |
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| Source: | Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-016 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2008-0118 | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 Microsoft Office XP SP3 Microsoft Office 2003 SP2 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3 Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac | ||
| Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office. A remote attacker could exploit this issue via a malformed PowerPoint file. Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular presentation program. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code on a target system. |
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Update/Patch Available Apply patches: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-016 |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerability is due to an allocation error in Microsoft Office when opening malformed PowerPoint files. An attacker can exploit this flaw to take complete control over a vulnerable system via a specially crafted PowerPoint file. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the transferring of malformed PowerPoint files over HTTP.
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.