Workaround for Multiple Microsoft Publisher Vulnerabilities (MS08-012)
| Check Point Reference: | SBP-2008-01 | |
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| Source: | Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-012 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2008-0102 CVE-2008-0104 |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Publisher 2000 SP3 Microsoft Publisher 2002 SP3 Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP2 | ||
| Vulnerability Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Publisher. Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application for creating marketing materials, managing customer lists and more. A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities via a specially crafted .pub file. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. |
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Update/Patch Available Apply patches: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-012 |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerabilities are due to a memory corruption error in Microsoft Publisher that fails to properly handle malformed files. A remote attacker could trigger these flaws by convincing the victim to open a specially crafted Publisher file (.pub). Successful exploitation of these issues may allow execution of arbitrary code once the malformed file is opened on a vulnerable system. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the transferring of Microsoft Publisher files over HTTP. No update is required to address this vulnerability.
Users are protected against this vulnerability if the Protection against Microsoft Office Publisher Remote Code Execution addressed in CPAI-2007-087 has been applied.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.