Description
Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in browsers other than Internet Explorer and set as the default application to handle media files, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML with an EMBED element containing a long src attribute.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 3
- Microsoft Windows Media Player - Plugin Overflow (MS06-006) (3) EDB-1520 · remote · Feb 22, 2006 · verified
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 - Plugin Overflow (MS06-006) (Metasploit) EDB-1504 · remote · Feb 17, 2006 · verified
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 - Plugin Overflow (MS06-006) EDB-1505 · remote · Feb 17, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2006-0575 vdb-entry
- 16644 vdb-entry
- win-mediaplayer-plugin-embed-bo(24493) vdb-entry
- 1015628 vdb-entry
- VU#692060 third-party-advisory
- 20060214 Microsoft Windows Media Player Plugin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- MS06-006 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1559 vdb-entry signature
- TA06-045A third-party-advisory
- 18852 third-party-advisory