Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-028.
Impact
Attackers cam exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code and to potentially compromise a user's system.
Impact Level: System
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-028.mspx
Insight
- An unspecified error in QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll while processing malicious QuickTime media files may lead to memory corruption.
- Lack of validation while updating a pointer could allow code execution via a specially crafted QuickTime file.
- An error while validating certain size fields during processing of QuickTime media files can be exploited to corrupt memory.
Affected
DirectX 7.0, 8.1 and 9.0 on Microsoft Windows 2000 DirectX 9.0 on Microsoft Windows XP and 2003
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1537, CVE-2009-1538, CVE-2009-1539 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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