Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Movie Maker Project File Handling Buffer Overflow (MS10-016; CVE-2010-0265)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-048
Date Published:	9 Mar 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 22 December, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-0265
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Movie Maker is a video creating/editing software, that contains features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, and timeline narration. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Movie Maker. The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Movie Maker that fails to properly parse the Movie Maker project file format (.mswmm). A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted Movie Maker file. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed Movie Maker project (.mswmm) files over HTTP.

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 Movie Maker Project File Handling Buffer Overflow (MS10-016) 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 Movie Maker project file handling buffer overflow (MS10-016)