Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 resource management

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a .MID (MIDI) file with a malformed header chunk without any track chunks, possibly involving (1) number of tracks of (2) time division fields that are set to 0.

The bug was discovered 12/15/2006. The weakness was shared 12/15/2006 by shinnai (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-6601 since 12/15/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (31014). The entry 33890 is related to this item.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: vupen.com
Researcher: shinnai
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6601 (🔍)
X-Force: 31014
Vulnerability Center: 13727 - Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 Remote Denial of Service Via a Crafted .MID File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 21612 - Multiple Applications Media File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 33307 - Microsoft Windows Media Player MIDI file denial of service
Vupen: ADV-2006-5039

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/13/2019 09:05
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (62), 07/13/2019 09:05 (6)
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