Severity: High
22 October, 2007
Summary:
Late Friday, RealNetworks released a patch for a critical vulnerability affecting RealPlayer 10.5 and RealPlayer 11 beta running on Windows. By enticing one of your users to a malicious Web site, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute code on your user’s computer, with your user’s privileges. In the worst case scenario, the attacker could gain total control of the victim’s PC. If you allow the use of RealPlayer in your network, have your users upgrade immediately.
Exposure:
RealPlayer and RealOne Player are widely-used software for Internet media delivery. RealOne Player plays virtually every major Internet media format, including Windows Media, Quicktime, MPEG-4, and even DVDs. If you’ve watched streaming videos on the Internet, or listened to music samples while buying CDs online, you’ve probably encountered RealPlayer.
WatchGuard does not recommend using RealPlayer or RealOne Player, partly because both contain automatic communication features which, by default, let RealNetworks and RealNetwork’s “partners” (such as NASCAR and CNN) install software on your client computers. But in reality, many of your users have probably installed one of these products, with or without your
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