CVE-2003-0228
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 - Skin File Code Execution
Severity Score
8.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
2
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*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
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* 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
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
References (9)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105232913516488&w=2 | Mailing List | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105240528419389&w=2 | Mailing List | |
| http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105233960728901&w=2 | Mailing List | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/384932 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11953 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A321 | Signature |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22570 | 2003-05-07 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7517 | 2024-08-08 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-017 | 2018-10-30 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Media Player Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Media Player" | - | - |
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Media Player Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Media Player" | 7.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Media Player" and version "7.1" | - |
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