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The ASX Buffer Overrun vulnerability: Windows Media Player supports the use of Active Stream Redirector (.ASX) files to enable users to play streaming media that resides on intranet or Internet sites. However, the code that parses .ASX files has an unchecked buffer, and this could potentially enable a malicious user to run code of his choice on the machine of another user. The malicious user could either send an affected file to another user and entice her to run or preview it, or he could host such a file on a web site and cause it to launch automatically whenever a user visited the site. The code could take any action on the machine that the legitimate user herself could take.The WMS Script Execution vulnerability: Windows Media Player 7 introduced a feature called skins, that allows customization of the look and feel of Windows Media Player. However, a custom skin (.WMS) file could potentially include script, which would execute if Windows Media Player was run and that skin was selected. A malicious user could either send a customized skin containing script to another user and try to entice her into using it, or he could host such a file on a web site and cause it to launch automatically whenever a user visited the site. Because the code would reside on the user?s local machine, it would be able to execute ActiveX controls, including ones not marked safe for scripting. This would enable the code to take any action that can be accomplished via an ActiveX control.This update can only be installed on Windows Media Player 7, Build 1956. You can check the build number of your Windows Media Player by selecting Help | About Windows Media Player. If the number displayed is less than 7.00.00.1956, please download and install the latest version of Windows Media Player from the Microsoft website (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download) prior to installing this update. This patch is for the Windows 98/ME/2000 operating system only. Since Windows Media Player version 7 does not run on Windows 95 and NT, Windows 95 and NT users should download and apply the patch for Windows Media Player version 6.4 if applicable.

Microsoft Windows Media Player .ASF Processor Contains Unchecked Buffer 1.0 is considered as a convenient as well as effective streaming media format supported by Windows Media Player. A security vulnerability occurs in Windows Media Player 6.4 because the code that processes ASF files contains an unchecked buffer.

By creating a specially malformed ASF file and inducing a user to play it, an attacker could overrun the buffer, with either of two results: in the simplest case, Windows Media Player 6.4 would fail; in the more complex case, code chosen by the attacker could be made to run on the user?s computer, with the privileges of the user. The scope of this vulnerability is rather limited. It affects only Windows Media Player 6.4, and can only be exploited by the user opening and deliberately playing an ASF file. There is no capability to exploit this vulnerability via email or a web page.

However, the patch eliminates additional vulnerabilities. Specifically, it eliminates all known vulnerabilities affecting Windows Media Player 6.4 discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletins MS00-090, MS01-029, and MS01-042 as well as some additional variants of these vulnerabilities that were discovered internally by Microsoft. Some of these vulnerabilities could be exploited via email or a web page. In addition, some affect components of Windows Media Player 6.4 that, for purposes of backward compatibility, ship with Windows Media Player 7, and 7.1. They therefore recommend that customers running any of these versions of Windows Media Player apply the patch to ensure that they are fully protected against all known vulnerabilities.

Windows Media Player for Windows XP includes components of Windows Media Player 6.4, but they are not affected by the ASF buffer overrun or by any of the other vulnerabilities discussed in the security bulletins listed above. However, the version 6.4 components that ship with Windows Media Player for Windows XP are affected by some of the newly discovered variants of these vulnerabilities. Rather than installing this patch, however, it is recommend that customers install the 25 October 2001 Critical Update for Windows XP.

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