Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Media Player PNG Chunk Handling Code Execution (MS06-024; CVE-2006-0025; CVE-2007-2365)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-065
Date Published:	20 Feb 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 16 May, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-0025 CVE-2007-2365
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	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. A remote stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows Media Player. 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 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 Microsoft Windows Media Player PNG Chunk Handling Code Execution (MS06-024) 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 PNG chunk handling code execution (MS06-024)