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MS.Movie.Maker.Memory.Corruption

Release Date

Aug 11, 2010

Severity

high

Impact

System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.

Description

This indicates an attack attempt against a remote code-execution vulnerability
in Microsoft Movie Maker.

The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles
a malicious ".MSWMM" file. A remote attacker may exploit this to
execute arbitrary code via a crafted ".MSWMM" file.

Affected Products

Windows Movie Maker 2.1 on Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows Movie Maker 2.1 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Movie Maker 6.0 on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Movie Maker 6.0 on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Movie Maker 2.6 when installed on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Movie Maker 2.6 when installed on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2

Recommended Actions

Refer to the vendor's web site for the suggested workaround:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms10-050.mspx

Coverage

IPS
VCM

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

CVE-2010-2564

Reference/s

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS10-050.mspx (MS-ID)

Reference: VID-24070