VDB-25185 · CVE-2005-1574 · OSVDB 16494

Microsoft Windows Media Player ME Remote Code Execution

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7.3	$25k-$100k	0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows Media Player ME (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Windows Media Player 9 and 10, in certain cases, allows content protected by Windows Media Digital Rights Management (WMDRM) to redirect the user to a web site to obtain a license, even when the "Acquire licenses automatically for protected content" setting is not enabled.

The bug was discovered 05/10/2005. The weakness was published 05/14/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1574 since 05/14/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/02/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Windows Media Player

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life (old version)

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/10/2005 🔍
05/14/2005 +4 days 🔍
05/14/2005 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2005 +0 days 🔍
05/23/2005 +9 days 🔍
05/30/2005 +7 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3572 days 🔍
06/02/2019 +1543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: support.microsoft.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1574 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 8173 - Windows Media Player Digital Rights Management Allows Automatic Web Site Launch, Medium
OSVDB: 16494 - CVE-2005-1574 - Windows Media Player - Insufficient Permissions Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/02/2019 00:39
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (50), 06/02/2019 00:39 (4)
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