PT-2006-1102 · Microsoft · Windows Media Player

Fang Xing · Published 2006-02-14 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2006-0006

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows Media Player versions 7.1 through 10

Description: A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the bitmap processing routine, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted bitmap (.BMP) file. This file specifies a size of 0 but contains additional data.

Recommendations: For Windows Media Player version 7.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Windows Media Player version 9, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Windows Media Player version 10, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of bitmap files from untrusted sources until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0006

Affected Products

Windows Media Player

References · 19

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/16633 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/1502 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/1500 · Exploit
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015627 · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0574 · Vendor Advisory
• http://eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060214.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0006 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-005 · Vendor Advisory
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1598 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1661 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/423 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/425158/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/424983/100/0/threaded · Note