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MIDI exploit in the wild

27
Jan
2012

Symantec Security Response is aware of in-the-wild malware exploiting the Microsoft Windows Media Player 'winmm.dll' MIDI File Parsing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (BID 51292). Microsoft has already issued a patch against this vulnerability in the monthly patch release this January. Applying the patch is strongly recommended. There are several components involved in this live attack: […]

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Malware Leveraging MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found

26
Jan
2012

Earlier today, we encountered a malware that exploits a recently (and publicly) disclosed vulnerability, the MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0003).The said vulnerability is triggered when Windows Multimedia Library in Windows Media Player (WMP) fails to handle a specially crafted MIDI file, consequently allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.In the attack that we found, the infection […]

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