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Winamp < 5.0.5 Skin File (.WSZ) Local Zone Arbitrary Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 16204

Synopsis

The version of Winamp on the remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is using Winamp, a popular media player which handles many files format (mp3, wavs and more...)

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a code execution flaw when processing a malformed .WSZ Winamp Skin file.

An attacker may exploit this flaw by sending a malformed .wsz file to a victim on the remote host, and wait for him to load it within Winamp.

Solution

Upgrade to Winamp 5.0.5 or newer

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/373146

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16204

File Name: winamp_wsz_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/19/2005

Updated: 4/7/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nullsoft:winamp

Required KB Items: SMB/Winamp/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0820

BID: 11053