Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Cinepak Codec Remote Code Execution (MS10-055; CVE-2010-2553)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-229
Date Published: 10 Aug 2010
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 02 June, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2010-2553
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description The Cinepak codec is a media encoder and decoder supported by the Windows Media Player. A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in the way the Cinepak codec handles supported format files. The vulnerability is due to an error in the Cinepak codec that fails to properly handle specially crafted media files. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted media 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 .AVI 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Cinepak Codec Remote Code Execution (MS10-055) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows Cinepak codec remote code execution (MS10-055)

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