Check Point Advisories

RealNetworks RealPlayer RecordClip Parameter Injection Code Execution (CVE-2010-3749)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-072
Date Published:	27 Feb 2011
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 27 February, 2011
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-3749
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	RealNetworks RealPlayer is a cross-platform media player that supports multiple multimedia formats such as: MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media, and RealAudio and RealVideo formats. RealPlayer contains many features including streaming capabilities, media browser, video download, and CD ripping. A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer ActiveX control. The vulnerability is due to an injection of a specific character into the arguments passed to the RecordClip method. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the RealNetworks RealPlayer RecordClip Parameter Injection Code Execution 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: RealNetworks RealPlayer RecordClip parameter injection code execution