====================================================================== Secunia Research 21/03/2007 - InterActual Player / CinePlayer - - IASystemInfo.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * InterActual Player 2.60.12.0717 * CinePlayer 3.2 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Highly critical Impact: System compromise Where: Remote ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "InterActual Features can be enjoyed on any Windows computer with a Direct-Show compatible DVD player/decoder and DVD-ROM drive. The system has to be able to play DVD Video (minimally) to enjoy InterActual Features.". Product Link: http://player.interactual.com/ "CinePlayer delivers the absolute highest quality video playback available for your PC. CinePlayer packs all of its powerful features into an extremely easy-to-use and intuitive user interface." Product Link: http://www.sonic.com/products/Consumer/CinePlayer/default.aspx ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in InterActual Player and CinePlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the IASystemInfo.dll ActiveX control when processing the "ApplicationType" property. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long string (more than 260 bytes). Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when e.g. visiting a malicious website. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Set the kill-bit on the ActiveX control. The vendor is reportedly working on fixed versions. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 19/01/2007 - Vendor notified. 19/01/2007 - Vendor response. 15/03/2007 - Vendor contacted (status request). 21/03/2007 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2007-0348 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://corporate.secunia.com/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://corporate.secunia.com/secunia_research/33/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/secunia_vacancies/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-37/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================