Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 Skin skin.wmz privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file skin.wmz of the component Skin Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2001-0137. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file skin.wmz of the component Skin Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Windows Media Player 7 allows remote attackers to execute malicious Java applets in Internet Explorer clients by enclosing the applet in a skin file named skin.wmz, then referencing that skin in the codebase parameter to an applet tag, aka the Windows Media Player Skins File Download" vulnerability.

The weakness was published 03/12/2001 by Georgi Guninski as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0137. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is possible to download the exploit 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5937), Exploit-DB (20553), SecurityFocus (BID 2203†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-906†). 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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/15/2001 🔍
03/12/2001 +56 days 🔍
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02/09/2003 +699 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +4162 days 🔍
04/11/2025 +3935 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0137 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0137
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16540
X-Force: 5937 - Microsoft Windows Media Player skins can be used to execute arbitrary code
SecurityFocus: 2203 - Microsoft Windows Media Player .WMZ Arbitrary Java Applet Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 906 - [MS01-010] Microsoft Windows Media Player .WMZ Arbitrary Java Applet Vulnerability, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 15:51
Updated: 04/11/2025 19:17
Changes: 07/03/2014 15:51 (42), 05/09/2019 12:42 (22), 04/11/2025 19:17 (27)
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