VDB-4481 · CVE-2011-3401 · BID 50957

Microsoft Windows Media Player ENCDEC.DLL code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (affected version unknown). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality in the library ENCDEC.DLL of the component Media Player. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ENCDEC.DLL in Windows Media Player and Media Center in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Vista SP2, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .dvr-ms file, aka "Windows Media Player DVR-MS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 12/13/2011. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-3401 since 09/09/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/20/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57278 (MS11-092: Vulnerability in Windows Media Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2648048)), 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 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-092 is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11935.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (57278). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 4448.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 57278
Nessus Name: MS11-092: Vulnerability in Windows Media Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2648048)
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OpenVAS ID: 902597
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Media Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2648048)
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Patch: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-092
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09/09/2011 🔍
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-3401 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 34021 - [MS11-092] Microsoft Windows Media Player and Media Center DVR-MS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 50957
Secunia: 47117 - Microsoft Windows Media DVR-MS Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 77660

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2012 01:00
Updated: 03/20/2021 09:05
Changes: 01/21/2012 01:00 (41), 07/08/2015 15:48 (30), 03/20/2021 08:59 (8), 03/20/2021 09:05 (1)
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