Microsoft Windows up to 10 Media Player BMP Image memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows up to 10 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Media Player. The manipulation as part of a BMP Image leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the bitmap processing routine in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 SP4, Media Player 9 on Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP1, and Media Player 10 on XP SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted bitmap (.BMP) file that specifies a size of 0 but contains additional data.
The bug was discovered 02/14/2006. The weakness was shared 02/14/2006 by Marc Maiffret with eEye as MS06-005 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0006 since 11/09/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
After 1 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at frsirt.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20905 (MS06-005: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (911565)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.
Applying the patch MS06-005 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 5712. In this case the pattern BM is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4157.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24488), Tenable (20905) and Exploit-DB (1500). The entries 2051 and 2050 are related to this item.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 20905
Nessus Name: MS06-005: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (911565)
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Patch: MS06-005
Snort ID: 5712
Snort Message: WEB-CLIENT Windows Media Player invalid data offset bitmap heap overflow attempt
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Suricata ID: 2002802
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS06-005
Researcher: Marc Maiffret
Organization: eEye
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2006-0006 (🔍)
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X-Force: 24488 - Microsoft Windows Media Player BMP image parsing service buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1015627
Vulnerability Center: 10341 - [MS06-005] Microsoft Media Player Allows Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted BMP Files, Medium
SecurityFocus: 16633 - Microsoft Windows Media Player Bitmap Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 18835 - Windows Media Player Bitmap File Processing Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 23131 - Microsoft Windows Media Player Bitmap File Processing Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2006-0574
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 02/16/2006 14:23Updated: 06/14/2019 09:09
Changes: 02/16/2006 14:23 (117), 06/14/2019 09:09 (2)
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