Short Name |
RTSP:MS-MEDIA-PLAYER-MC |
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Severity |
High |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
RTSP |
Keywords |
Microsoft Media Player Audio Sampling Rate Memory Corruption |
Release Date |
2011/07/26 |
Update Number |
1961 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Microsoft Media Player. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Microsoft Windows Media Player is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition. NOTE: Supported editions of Windows Server 2008 are not affected if installed using the Server Core installation option.