Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 Skin skin.wmz privileges management
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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).
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
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Timeline
01/15/2001 🔍03/12/2001 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: 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
Entry
Created: 07/03/2014 15:51Updated: 05/09/2019 12:42
Changes: 07/03/2014 15:51 (42), 05/09/2019 12:42 (22)
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