Secunia Research: InterActual Player / CinePlayer IASystemInfo.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Research 21/03/2007
- InterActual Player / CinePlayer -
- IASystemInfo.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow -
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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
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1) Affected Software
* InterActual Player 2.60.12.0717
* CinePlayer 3.2
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
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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
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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.
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5) Solution
Set the kill-bit on the ActiveX control.
The vendor is reportedly working on fixed versions.
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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.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2007-0348 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-37/
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