First published: Tue Feb 14 2006(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =web_edition | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =standard_sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =standard | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows NT | =datacenter_server-sp4 | |
Microsoft Windows NT | =xp_tablet_pc-sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp3 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =enterprise_sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | =sp3 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =datacenter_edition_64-bit | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows Terminal Services using RDP | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =standard_64-bit | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | =sp4 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_edition_64-bit | |
Microsoft Windows NT | =xp_tablet_pc-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows NT | =datacenter_server-sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows NT | =datacenter_server | |
Microsoft Windows Terminal Services using RDP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows NT | =xp_tablet_pc | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =web_edition_sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows NT | =xp-sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =datacenter_sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_edition | |
Microsoft Windows Terminal Services using RDP | =none | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows NT | =datacenter_server-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =datacenter_edition | |
Microsoft Windows NT | =datacenter_server-sp3 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Terminal Services using RDP | =sp3 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 |
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CVE-2006-0005 has a critical severity rating due to the potential for remote code execution.
To fix CVE-2006-0005, you should apply the relevant security patches provided by Microsoft for your affected operating system.
CVE-2006-0005 affects multiple versions of Windows, including Windows 2000, Windows XP, and various editions of Windows Server 2003.
CVE-2006-0005 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems through specially crafted HTML content.
Yes, CVE-2006-0005 is particularly exploitable when the vulnerable Windows Media Player plug-in is used in non-Internet Explorer browsers.