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TITLE:
Microsoft Windows Media Two Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47485

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-01-10

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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) An unspecified error in the Windows multimedia library (winmm.dll)
when parsing MIDI files can be exploited via a specially crafted file
opened in Windows Media Player.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows execution of
arbitrary code in context of the Network service.

2) An unspecified error exists in the Line21 DirectShow filter
(Quartz.dll and Qdvd.dll) when parsing specially crafted media
files.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows execution of
arbitrary code in context of the current user.

SOLUTION:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits Shane Garrett, IBM Security System's X-Force
Research.
2) The vendor credits Neel Mehta, Google Inc.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS12-004 (KB2598479, KB2628259, KB2628642, KB2631813, KB2636391):
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-004

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