Overview
Microsoft Windows Media Player contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Description
Windows Media Player Windows Media Player is a multimedia application that comes with Microsoft Windows. For more information refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-024 |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. If the attacked user is running with administrative privileges, the attacker could take complete control of an affected system. |
Solution
Apply a patch from Microsoft |
For a list of workarounds refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-024. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-024. Microsoft credits Greg MacManus of iDEFENSE with providing information related to this vulnerability.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-0025 |
| Severity Metric: | 40.72 |
| Date Public: | 2006-06-13 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-06-13 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-06-13 21:22 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 17 |