Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Windows Media Player information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Windows Media Player. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-1480. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Windows Media Player. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows Media Player when it fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Windows Media Player Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1481.

The weakness was released 12/10/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-1480. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/09/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows Media Player when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read data that was not intended to be disclosed.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-146879, VDB-146878, VDB-146877 and VDB-146875. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Operating System

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• Microsoft

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• Windows

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• 7 SP1

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• commercial

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• end of life (old version)

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• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
• Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

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