Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Media Runtime Voice Sampler Rate Code Execution (MS09-051; CVE-2009-0555; CVE-2009-2525)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-230
Date Published:	13 Oct 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 07 September, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0555 CVE-2009-2525
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Media Runtime and the Windows Media Player handle specially crafted ASF files. The Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime provides information and tools for applications that use Windows Media content. Windows Media Player is an application for Windows that supports numerous video, audio, and image formats. ASF (Advanced Systems Format) is a file format that stores audio and video information and is specially designed to run over networks like the Internet. It is a compressed format that contains streaming audio, video, slide shows, and synchronized events. A remote attacker could exploit this issue to take complete control of an affected system remotely.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70 / R65

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Media Runtime Voice Sampler Rate Code Execution (MS09-051) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Media Runtime compressed audio heap corruption (MS09-051)