Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Windows Media Player information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Windows Media Player. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-1481. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Windows Media Player. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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-2019-1480.

The weakness was disclosed 12/10/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-1481. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. 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.

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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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