Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player
CVE-2003-0228
Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media Player for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skins file with a URL containing hex-encoded backslash characters (%5C) that causes an executable to be placed in an arbitrary location.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.463 (98.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.463 · newest: 0.463 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Media Player — versions 7.1
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/7517 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11953 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:321 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/384932 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-017 (vendor-advisory)