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Windows Media Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (936782)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4176

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Windows Media Player.

Description

The remote host is running Windows Media Player. 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 PNG image and send it to a victim on the remote host.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.

See Also

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-047.mspx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4176

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/15/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 25885

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2007-3035, CVE-2007-3037

BID: 25305, 25307