Secunia Research: InterActual Player / CinePlayer IASystemInfo.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

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                 Secunia Research 21/03/2007

            - InterActual Player / CinePlayer -
    - IASystemInfo.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

• InterActual Player 2.60.12.0717
• CinePlayer 3.2

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"InterActual Features can be enjoyed on any Windows computer with a
Direct-Show compatible DVD player/decoder and DVD-ROM drive. The
system has to be able to play DVD Video (minimally) to enjoy
InterActual Features.".

Product Link:
http://player.interactual.com/

"CinePlayer delivers the absolute highest quality video playback
available for your PC. CinePlayer packs all of its powerful features
into an extremely easy-to-use and intuitive user interface."

Product Link:
http://www.sonic.com/products/Consumer/CinePlayer/default.aspx

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in InterActual Player
and CinePlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the
IASystemInfo.dll ActiveX control when processing the "ApplicationType"
property. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow
via an overly long string (more than 260 bytes).

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when e.g.
visiting a malicious website.

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5) Solution

Set the kill-bit on the ActiveX control.

The vendor is reportedly working on fixed versions.

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6) Time Table

19/01/2007 - Vendor notified.
19/01/2007 - Vendor response.
15/03/2007 - Vendor contacted (status request).
21/03/2007 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2007-0348 for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-37/

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