Microsoft Media Player 9.x Hosted Media Content memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Media Player 9.x. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Hosted Media Content Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0268. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Media Player 9.x (Multimedia Player Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Hosted Media Content Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Windows Media Player ActiveX control in Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted media content, aka "Media Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 04/13/2010 by TippingPoint with ZDI (Website). The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0268 since 01/07/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45514 (MS10-027: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (979402)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90597 (Microsoft Windows Media Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-027)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS10-027 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9665. The filter is assigned to the category Vulnerabilities.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57343), Tenable (45514), SecurityFocus (BID 39351†), OSVDB (63765†) and Secunia (SA39380†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 45514
Nessus Name: MS10-027: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (979402)
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OpenVAS ID: 900235
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (979402)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS10-027
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: ZDI
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0268 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0268
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4096

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X-Force: 57343
SecurityFocus: 39351 - Microsoft Windows Media Player ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 39380 - Windows Media Player Hosted Media Content Handling Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 63765 - Microsoft Windows Media Player ActiveX fourCC Compression Code Codec Retrieval Arbitrary Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 25373 - [MS10-027] Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2010 02:00
Updated: 02/01/2025 21:51
Changes: 04/19/2010 02:00 (88), 02/23/2017 10:09 (12), 03/17/2021 18:42 (3), 02/01/2025 21:51 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:C9C:103

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