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>> Windows Media Encoder Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-053)

Title : Windows Media Encoder Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-053)
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2521
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3008
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-09-09

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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows Media Encoder, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "wmex.dll" ActiveX control when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Nguyen Minh Duc, Le Manh Tung, and Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Center (BKIS) Hanoi University of Technology (Vietnam).

ChangeLog

2008-09-09 : Initial release

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