I think "common" here just means that the marginal distribution N(0,1) is common to both random variables (i.e., they have the same marginal distribution). Although technically this is insufficient to give a bivariate normal distribution, I think the writer probably intended that form:
[XY]∼N([00],[1ρρ1]).
That specification would yield common marginal distributions X∼N(0,1) and Y∼N(0,1). If I were you, I would suggest noting this technicality, and then proceed on the basis that the random variables are bivariate normal. You might want to note the issue again as a caveat once you give your answer.