Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows LNK PIF Code Execution - Ver2 (CVE-2010-2568)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1110
Date Published: 3 Mar 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 03 March, 2014
Source: CVE-2010-2568
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75 and above

Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R70 / R71 / R75 and above

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows LNK PIF Code Execution - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name:  Malware Traffic.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows LNK PIF Code Execution - Ver2

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