Signature Detail

HTTP: Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 Unsafe ActiveX Control

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Windows Media Encoder 9. An attacker can create a malicious Web site with Web pages containing dangerous ActiveX calls, which if accessed by a victim, allows the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.

Extended Description

The Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 ActiveX control is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of an application using the affected ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer). Failed attacks will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.

Affected Products

• Hp storage_management_appliance 2.1
• Hp storage_management_appliance I
• Hp storage_management_appliance II
• Hp storage_management_appliance III
• Microsoft windows_media_encoder 9
• Microsoft windows_media_encoder 9 X64
• Nortel_networks media_processing_svr_100
• Nortel_networks media_processing_svr_1000_rel 3.0
• Nortel_networks media_processing_svr_500_rel 3.0
• Nortel_networks multimedia_comm MCS5100
• Nortel_networks self-service-ccss7
• Nortel_networks self-service_ccxml
• Nortel_networks self-service_peri_application
• Nortel_networks self-service_peri_workstation
• Nortel_networks self-service_speech_server
• Nortel_networks self_service_voicexml
• Nortel_networks self-service_wvads

References

• BugTraq: 31065
• CVE: CVE-2008-3008
• URL: http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6454