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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file skin.wmz of the component Skin Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Windows Media Player 7 allows remote attackers to execute malicious Java applets in Internet Explorer clients by enclosing the applet in a skin file named skin.wmz, then referencing that skin in the codebase parameter to an applet tag, aka the Windows Media Player Skins File Download" vulnerability.

The weakness was published 03/12/2001 by Georgi Guninski as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0137. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (5937).

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Windows Media Player

Version

• 7

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/15/2001 🔍
03/12/2001 +56 days 🔍
03/12/2001 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2001 +0 days 🔍
02/09/2003 +699 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +4162 days 🔍
05/09/2019 +1771 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0137 (🔍)
X-Force: 5937 - Microsoft Windows Media Player skins can be used to execute arbitrary code
Vulnerability Center: 906 - [MS01-010] Microsoft Windows Media Player .WMZ Arbitrary Java Applet Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 2203 - Microsoft Windows Media Player .WMZ Arbitrary Java Applet Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 15:51
Updated: 05/09/2019 12:42
Changes: 07/03/2014 15:51 (42), 05/09/2019 12:42 (22)
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