// For flags

CVE-2003-0228

Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 - Skin File Code Execution

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de cruce de directorios en Microsoft Media Player 7.1 y Windows Media Player para Windows XP permite que atacantes remotos ejecuten código arbitrario mediante un fichero de "skins" con una URL que contenga el caracter ``codificado en hexadecimal (%5C), lo cual permite que un ejecutable sea colado en una localizació arbitraria.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2003-04-30 CVE Reserved
  • 2003-05-07 First Exploit
  • 2003-05-08 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-15 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Microsoft
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Windows Media Player
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Affected
Microsoft
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Windows Media Player
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7.1
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Affected