CVE-2011-1426

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Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-122

Posted Apr 12, 2011

Authored by Tipping Point | Site zerodayinitiative.com

Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-122 - This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of RealNetworks RealPlayer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within RealPlayer exposes a method called OpenURLInDefaultBrowser() that can be accessed through RealPlayer's internal browser. When this method is called, it will open and execute the first parameter based on the operating system's default handler for the filetype. An attacker can reach RealPlayer's internal browser by utilizing a specially crafted .rnx file. This can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user invoking RealPlayer.

tags | advisory, remote, arbitrary

advisories | CVE-2011-1426

SHA-256 | ef0e590f5ed55afb4488de6c059e0efc7656db4b350484db2cc628e6e22ba8d5

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