MS09-052: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (974112)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42108

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Windows Media Player.

Description

The remote host contains a version of Windows Media Player that is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted ASF (Advanced Systems Format) file, this issue could be leveraged to run arbitrary code on the host subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP, and 2003.

See Also

https://www.nessus.org/u?f0d670c0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42108

File Name: smb_nt_ms09-052.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 10/13/2009

Updated: 8/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2527

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows, cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_media_player

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2009

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2527

BID: 36644

CWE: 119

IAVA: 2009-A-0092-S

MSFT: MS09-052

MSKB: 974112