Media Players Expose Millions of Systems to Subtitle Attacks
securityweek | May 23, 2017
Malicious actors could hijack millions of systems using specially crafted subtitle files that exploit vulnerabilities in some of the most popular media players, security firm Check Point warned on Tuesday.According to experts, attackers can take complete control of a device simply by getting the targeted user to open a malicious subtitle file in one of the vulnerable media players. In the case of applications that automatically obtain subtitles from the Internet, it may be possible to conduct attacks without any user interaction.