CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
93.2%
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800139");
script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-11-21 14:18:03 +0100 (Fri, 21 Nov 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5072");
script_name("K-Lite Mega Codec Pack vsfilter.dll Denial Of Service Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6565");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31400");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45446");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"By tricking a user to interact with a specially crafted .flv file,
attackers can cause Windows Explorer to crash.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to error in vsfilter.dll file, which fails to properly
validate the input data.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 3.5.7.0 and earlier on Windows (Any).
*****
NOTE : Some Higher Versions of K-Lite Mega Codec Pack seems to be
also vulnerable.
*****");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.codecguide.com/download_mega.htm");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
exit(0);
}
klitePath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\KLCodecPack", item:"installdir");
if(!klitePath){
exit(0);
}
klitePath += "\Filters\vsfilter.dll";
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:klitePath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1", string:klitePath);
kliteVer = GetVer(file:file, share:share);
if(!kliteVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less(version:kliteVer, test_version:"1.0.1.5")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}