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>> Microsoft Windows Media Player Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-078)

Title : Microsoft Windows Media Player Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-078)
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4882
CVE ID : CVE-2006-4702 - CVE-2006-6134
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-12-07


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Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft Windows Media Player, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system or cause a denial of service. These flaws are due to buffer overflow errors when processing malformed ASX or ASF files, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows Media Format versions 7.1 through 9.5
Microsoft Windows Media Format version 9.5 (x64 Edition)
Microsoft Windows Media Player version 6.4

Solution

Apply patches :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-078.mspx

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4882
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/07/public-proof-of-concept-code-for-asx-file-format-isssue.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-078.mspx

Credits

Vulnerability reported by sehato

ChangeLog

2006-12-07 : Initial release
2006-12-08 : Updated References (MSRC)
2006-12-12 : Updated Solution

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