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Credit:
The information has been provided by Sean de Regge.
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-211/
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Vulnerable Systems:
* RealNetworks RealPlayer
User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page.
The specific flaw exists within the browser plugins provided by RealNetworks. The RecordClip method can be access via the ActiveX control or the Firefox plugin. By injecting a specific character into the arguments to this method, invalid parameters can be passed to a child process that is launched on the local system. This parameter injection allows an attacker to download and subsequently execute a file on a target system, thus allowing for remote code execution.
Patch Availability:
RealNetworks has issued an update to correct this vulnerability at:
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/10152010_player/en/
CVE Information:
CVE-2010-3749
Disclosure Timeline:
2010-01-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-10-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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