Windows Media Format Series Remote Code Execution (923689)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3859

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the Media Format Series.

Description

The remote host is running Windows Media Player/Series. There is a vulnerability in the remote version of this software that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host. To exploit this flaw, one attacker would need to set up a rogue ASF/ASX file and send it to a victim on the remote host.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-078.mspx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3859

Family: Web Clients

Published: 12/12/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 23838

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_media_player

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4702, CVE-2006-6134

BID: 21247, 21505

Detections

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