Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Media Player MIDI Code Execution (MS12-004; CVE-2012-0003)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-014
Date Published: 10 Jan 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 12 October, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-0003
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Windows Media Player. The vulnerability is due to an error in Windows Media Player while handling specially crafted MIDI files. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted MIDI file with an affected version of Media Player. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malicious MIDI files.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Media Player MIDI Code Execution (MS12-004) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Media Player Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows Media Player MIDI code execution (MS12-004)

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