Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft DirectX on Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an unspecified memory corruption error in "quartz.dll" when processing specially crafted QuickTime content, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file or visiting a malicious web page.

Note: This vulnerability is currently exploited in the wild.

Affected Products

DirectX 7.0 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
DirectX 8.1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
DirectX 9.0x on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
DirectX 9.0x on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
DirectX 9.0x on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
DirectX 9.0x on Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
DirectX 9.0x on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
DirectX 9.0x on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
DirectX 9.0x on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (Itanium)

Solution

Apply patches :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-028.mspx

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-028.mspx

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2009-05-29 : Initial release
2009-07-14 : Updated Solution

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