Microsoft Windows Media Player Plugin EMBED element buffer overflow
| win-mediaplayer-plugin-embed-bo (24493) |  High Risk |
Description:
Windows Media Player Plugin is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By creating a malicious HTML document containing a specially-crafted EMBED element, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on a victim's system with privileges of the victim. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by hosting the malicious HTML document on a Web site and persuading the victim to visit the site or sending it to a victim as an email attachment.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Windows 2000 SP4
- Microsoft, Windows 2003
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server x64
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP1
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP1
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP2
- Microsoft, Windows XP Professional x64
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your systen, as listed in the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-006. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- iDEFENSE Security Advisory 02.14.06, Microsoft Windows Media Player Plugin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability at http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=393.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-006, Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Plug-in with Non-Microsoft Internet Browsers Could Allow Remote Code Execution (911564) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-006.mspx.
- ASA-2006-047: Windows Security Updates for February 2006 - (MS06-004 to MS06-010)
- BID-16644: Microsoft Windows Media Player Plugin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0005: Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in browsers other than Internet Explorer and set as the default application to handle media files, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML with an EMBED element containing a long src attribute.
- SA18852: Windows Media Player Plug-in EMBED Element Buffer Overflow
- SECTRACK ID: 1015628: Windows Media Player Plug-in for 3rd Party Browsers Buffer Overflow in Processing EMBED Elements Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#692060: Microsoft Windows Media Player plug-in buffer overflow
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0575: Microsoft Windows Media Player Plugin Remote Vulnerability (MS06-006)
Reported:
Feb 14, 2006
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