Microsoft Windows 9 Media Player setItemInfo privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Microsoft Windows 9. This impacts the function setItemInfo of the component Media Player. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-1324. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 9 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function setItemInfo of the component Media Player. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 released 12/20/2004 by Arman Nayyeri (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1324 since 01/06/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31363.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18576), Exploit-DB (25031), SecurityFocus (BID 12031†), OSVDB (12511†) and Secunia (SA13578†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-1075. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Arman Nayyeri
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1324 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1324
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1076
X-Force: 18576
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 - Windows Media Player - ActiveX Control Media File Attribute Corruption Weakness
Vulnerability Center: 9777 - Microsoft Windows Media Player Remote Changing of Attributes, Medium

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 (75), 06/30/2019 17:40 (8), 09/25/2025 08:37 (26)
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