Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 AVI File denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component AVI File Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component AVI File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 10/15/2012 by Souhail Hammou (Dark-Puzzle) as 21986 as confirmed posting (Exploit-DB). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Dark-Puzzle and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $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 databases at X-Force (79479), Exploit-DB (21986) and OSVDB (86839†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Functional
Author: Dark-Puzzle
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/15/2012 🔍
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11/01/2012 +17 days 🔍
11/05/2012 +4 days 🔍
04/15/2018 +1987 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: 21986
Researcher: Souhail Hammou (Dark-Puzzle)
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6850
X-Force: 79479, Medium Risk
OSVDB: 86839

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2012 09:38
Updated: 04/15/2018 09:15
Changes: 11/05/2012 09:38 (52), 04/15/2018 09:15 (2)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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