Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Media Player PNG Chunk Handling Code Execution (CVE-2006-0025)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-065
Date Published:	20 Feb 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Friday 22 November, 2024
Source:	CVE-2006-0025
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 Microsoft Windows Media Player 8 Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Microsoft Windows Media Player 10
Vulnerability Description	A remote stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows Media Player. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a crafted PNG file, resulting in the possible injection and execution of arbitrary code on the target system with the privileges of the currently logged-in user.
Vulnerability Details	The flaw is caused due to an improper parsing of chunk fields in Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a crafted PNG file, resulting in the possible injection and execution of an arbitrary code. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the code executed to be within the privileges of the currently logged in user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block malformed PNG files.

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

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Media Player PNG Chunk Handling Code Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Content Protection Violation
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Media Player PNG chunk handling code execution