RCE in Microsoft Windows Media Player
CVE-2008-2253
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio-only file that is streamed from a Server-Side Playlist (SSPL) on Windows Media Server, aka "Windows Media Player Sampling Rate Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.298 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.298 · newest: 0.298 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Media Player — versions 11
- Microsoft Windows-Nt — versions 2008, xp
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2522 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp (Broken Link)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-054 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30550 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5615 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-253A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)