TITLE:
Windows Media Player Plug-in EMBED Element Processing Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18852

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18852/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
http://secunia.com/product/22/
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
http://secunia.com/product/16/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1176/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1173/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1174/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1175/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
http://secunia.com/product/20/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
http://secunia.com/product/1/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
http://secunia.com/product/1177/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
http://secunia.com/product/21/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Windows Media Player plug-in,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
handling of malformed EMBED elements and can be exploited to cause a
buffer overflow via e.g. a malicious web site containing a specially
crafted EMBED element.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: The vulnerability does not affect users of Internet Explorer.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CCDD3D35-BE5C-4C43-8FFA-BB8570A7321C

Microsoft Windows XP SP1 / Microsoft Windows XP SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CCDD3D35-BE5C-4C43-8FFA-BB8570A7321C

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CCDD3D35-BE5C-4C43-8FFA-BB8570A7321C

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=165916C2-037E-4EDD-B64A-84838BEE151C

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E3DAAB50-2AC7-49DD-8971-4F98FED9FBA6

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits John Cobb, iDefense.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS06-006 (KB911564):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-006.mspx

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