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Sid
15904

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in the Microsoft Video ActiveX control.

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Impact:
Denial of Service.   

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Detailed Information:
Stack-based buffer overflow in MPEG2TuneRequest in the Microsoft Video ActiveX control in msvidctl.dll in Microsoft DirectShow in Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.

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Affected Systems:
  

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Attack Scenarios:
An attacker can host a web site that will return code of their choosing to the object when a victim clicks on a malicious link.

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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2008-0015:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-0015
 
Common Weakness Enumeration:
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
 
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification:
http://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/100.html

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