CVE-2006-4702

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user. If the end user has administrative rights, the attacker could take complete control of the affected system.

Buffer overflow in the Windows Media Format Runtime in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4 and Windows XP SP2, Server 2003, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file.

An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user. If the end user has administrative rights, the attacker could take complete control of the affected system.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 18 years ago

2006-12-13 01:28:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-17 21:39:00

Affected Software

Microsoft windows_media_player 6.4

6.4

Microsoft windows xp_sp2 tablet_pc

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