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Sony CD First4Internet XCP DRM Software Security Issue Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA17408  
Release Date: 2005-11-02
Last Update: 2005-11-16

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:First4Internet XCP Content Management

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
A vulnerability and a security issue have been reported in First4Internet XCP DRM software used to playback Sony copy-protected music CDs, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or to hide certain actions on a vulnerable system from the Administrator,

1) The "aries.sys" device driver hides all files, registry keys and processes on the system that have names that start with "$sys$", regardless of whether the file is part of the XCP software. This can be exploited by malicious users and malware to hide files and processes from the Administrator by prefixing their names with "$sys$".

2) Some unspecified errors in the driver may be exploited to corrupt kernel memory, potentially allowing execution of arbitrary code in kernel space.

Solution:
Use another product.

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Mark Russinovich, Sysinternals.
2) David Maynor, ISS.

Changelog:
2005-11-16: Added information about additional vulnerability. Updated "Description", "Original Advisory" and credit sections.

Original Advisory:
Sysinternals:
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

ISS:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/208



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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. Sony CD First4Internet XCP Uninstallation ActiveX Control Vulnerability


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