Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 OCX Control denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component OCX Control Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0929. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component OCX Control Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service in RTF-enabled email clients via an embedded OCX control that is not closed properly, aka the "OCX Attachment" vulnerability.

The weakness was published 12/19/2000 by Ussr Labs with Microsoft as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0929. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Windows Binary. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5309), Exploit-DB (20240), SecurityFocus (BID 1714†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4066†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

09/26/2000 🔍
12/19/2000 +84 days 🔍
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03/30/2004 +1197 days 🔍
07/01/2014 +3745 days 🔍
06/03/2025 +3990 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Ussr Labs
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0929 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0929
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16140
X-Force: 5309 - Media Player OCX control email could crash Outlook
SecurityFocus: 1714 - Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 Embedded OCX Control Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4066 - [MS00-068] Microsoft Media Player OCX Handling Causes DoS in Email Clients, Low

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2014 17:33
Updated: 06/03/2025 09:55
Changes: 07/01/2014 17:33 (64), 05/20/2019 16:45 (2), 06/03/2025 09:55 (21)
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