Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Media Player MPEG-4 Codec Code Execution (MS10-062; CVE-2010-0818)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-266
Date Published:	14 Sep 2010
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 14 February, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-0818
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	MPEG-4 is an International Standards Organization (ISO) specification that covers many aspects of multimedia presentation including compression, authoring and delivery. A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in the way the MPEG-4 codec handles supported format files. The vulnerability is due to an error in the MPEG-4 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 .WMV 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 Windows Media Player MPEG-4 Codec Code Execution (MS10-062) 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 Player MPEG-4 codec code execution (MS10-062)