Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder 9 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a Windows Media Profile (PRX) file, aka "Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 12/16/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3965 since 10/14/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/20/2025).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51166 (MS10-094: Vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2447961)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90667 (Microsoft Windows Media Encoder Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-094)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10699.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (63550), Tenable (51166), SecurityFocus (BID 42855†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024876†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28659†). Similar entries are available at VDB-54555, VDB-54552, VDB-55777 and VDB-55776.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 51166
Nessus Name: MS10-094: Vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2447961)
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OpenVAS ID: 900267
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Media Decompression Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2447961)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-3965 (🔍)
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X-Force: 63550
SecurityFocus: 42855 - Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1024876 - Windows Media Encoder May Load DLLs Unsafely and Remotely Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 28659 - [MS10-094] Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-3217

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 11:27 PM
Updated: 01/20/2025 08:25 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 11:27 PM (66), 03/11/2017 08:50 AM (16), 10/07/2021 09:31 AM (2), 01/20/2025 08:25 AM (16)
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