National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2498
Original release date:09/08/2009
Last revised:08/21/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime 9.0, 9.5, and 11 and Windows Media Services 9.1 and 2008 do not properly parse malformed headers in Advanced Systems Format (ASF) files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .asf, (2) .wmv, or (3) .wma file, aka "Windows Media Header Parsing Invalid Free Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-251A
Name: TA09-251A
External Source: MS
Name: MS09-047
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6257
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6257
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
