Microsoft Windows 9 Media Player getItemInfoByAtom information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Windows 9. This affects the function getItemInfoByAtom of the component Media Player. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-1324. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 9 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getItemInfoByAtom of the component Media Player. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Microsoft Windows Media Player 9.0 ActiveX control may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script in the Local computer zone via the (1) artist or (2) song fields of a music file, if the file is processed using Internet Explorer.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2004. The weakness was published 12/20/2004 by Arman Nayyeri as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1324 since 01/06/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18576), Exploit-DB (25031), SecurityFocus (BID 12031†), OSVDB (12511†) and Secunia (SA13578†). Similar entry is available at VDB-1076. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: microsoft.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Arman Nayyeri
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1324 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1324
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1075
X-Force: 18576 - Microsoft Windows Media Player mp3 code execution, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 12031 - Windows Media Player ActiveX Control Media File Attribute Corruption Weakness
Secunia: 13578 - Windows Media Player ActiveX Control Two Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 12511 - Microsoft Windows Media Player ActiveX Control setItemInfo() / getItemInfo() Arbitrary WMA File Manipulation
SecurityTracker: 1012626
Vulnerability Center: 9777

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/06/2005 16:13
Updated: 09/25/2025 08:37
Changes: 01/06/2005 16:13 (77), 06/30/2019 17:32 (2), 07/13/2024 08:59 (17), 09/25/2025 08:37 (13)
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