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Windows Media Player Skin Handling Code Execution Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26433
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Release Date:
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2007-08-14
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Last Update:
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2007-08-15
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Popularity:
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16,642 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.x
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.x
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.x
Microsoft Windows Media Player 9.x
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Binary Analysis:
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BA206 :: Available for 1 Credit 
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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Available in Secunia business solutions
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Windows Media Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) An error in the parsing of header information in skin files can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a user's system by tricking the user into visiting a malicious website or opening a malicious skin file.
2) An error in the decompression of skin files can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a user's system by tricking the user into visiting a malicious website or opening a malicious skin file.
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