Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Excel Files Containing Malicious Macro

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0858
Date Published:	28 Sep 2016
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 05 October, 2016
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Excel
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Excel files might contain a malicious macros. A remote attacker could send spam e-mails including those macros, and use social engineering in order to convince users to manually enable them. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the target system.

Protection Overview

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

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Excel Files Containing Malicious Macro protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Excel Files Containing Malicious Macro