Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2015-0385 |
Date Published: | 26 Mar 2015 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Thursday 26 March, 2015 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2010-2745 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | Windows Media Player is a feature of the Windows operating system for personal computers. It is used for playing audio and video. A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Windows Media Player. The vulnerability is due to an error in the Windows Media Player that improperly deallocates objects during a reload operation via a Web browser. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to enter a a malicious Web site. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow the attacker to take complete control of an affected system. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
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This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Browser Embedded Media Player Memory Corruption (MS10-082) - Ver2