TITLE:
RealPlayer RealMedia ".rm" Security Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14087

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14087/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
RealPlayer 10.x
http://secunia.com/product/2968/

DESCRIPTION:
http-equiv has discovered a vulnerability in RealPlayer, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The problem is that RealMedia ".rm" files can open local files in the
built-in browser. This can be exploited by e.g. a malicious website to
load a local HTML document in a local context via a specially crafted
RealMedia file.

Exploit code has been published which combines this vulnerability
with a publicly known vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer to
compromise a user's system, see:
SA12889

The vulnerability has been confirmed on version 10.5 (build
6.0.12.1056). Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Don't open untrusted ".rm" files and restrict ".rm" files from being
opened automatically from within browsers.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
http-equiv

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12889:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12889/

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