Update Protection against Microsoft Windows Media Player SAMI Format Parsing Vulnerability (MS08-033)
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2008-076 | |
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| Source: | Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-033 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2008-1444 | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Windows XP SP2 Windows XP SP3 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition SP2 Windows Server 2003 with SP1 (Itanium) Windows Server 2003 with SP2 (Itanium) Windows Vista Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista x64 Edition Windows Vista x64 Edition SP1 Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) | ||
| Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows Media Player which is an application for Windows that supports numerous video, audio, and image formats. A remote attacker could exploit this issue via a malformed SAMI file. Microsoft Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (SAMI) is designed to simplify creating captions for media playback on a PC. SAMI captions coexist with digital media as separate, simple text files. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code on a target system. |
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Update/Patch Available Apply patches: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-033 |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft DirectShow, an integrated technology of Windows Media Player that fails to perform sufficient parsing of the parameters of SAMI files. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted SAMI file. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the transferring of malformed SAMI files over HTTP.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your VPN-1 product to the latest SmartDefense update. For information on how to update SmartDefense, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.