Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Word RTF File Handling Memory Corruption (MS08-026; CVE-2008-1091)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-068
Date Published: 13 May 2008
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 29 September, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-1091
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word. The vulnerability is due to a memory calculation error in Microsoft Word that fails to properly handle specially crafted Rich Text Format (.rtf) files. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted Word file.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed Word files over HTTP.

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, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70 / R65

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Word RTF File Handling Memory Corruption (MS08-026) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Word RTF file handling memory corruption (MS08-026)

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