posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 6:44 AM
by
demiliani
RealPlayer bug...
RealNetworks has announced that three flaws affecting different versions of its media player (RealOne Player, RealOne Player version 2, RealPlayer 8, RealPlayer 10 Beta, and the company's RealOne Enterprise products) could allow attackers to create corrupt music or video files that, when played, take control of a victim's PC.
To exploit them, an attacker crafts the data in a media file in a certain way. When people play or stream the corrupted file in a vulnerable version of RealPlayer, the attacker's code will run, compromising the PC.
RealNetworks has posted instructions on its Web site to update their RealPlayer software. Check it!