Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4/7.0 Shortcut privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4/7.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Shortcut Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2001-0243. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4/7.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Shortcut Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user s Temporary Files folder with a fixed filename instead of in the Internet Explorer cache, which causes the HTML in those shortcuts to run in the Local Computer Zone instead of the Internet Zone, which allows remote attackers to read certain files.

The weakness was released 06/27/2001 with Microsoft as MS01-029 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0243. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch MS01-029 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6584), SecurityFocus (BID 2765†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4275†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-16825. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Patch: MS01-029

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05/23/2001 🔍
05/23/2001 +0 days 🔍
06/27/2001 +35 days 🔍
06/27/2001 +0 days 🔍
05/10/2004 +1048 days 🔍
07/04/2014 +3707 days 🔍
05/21/2019 +1782 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS01-029
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0243 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16826
X-Force: 6584 - Microsoft Windows Media Player HTML code hidden in Internet shortcuts
SecurityFocus: 2765 - Windows Media Player Internet Shortcut Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4275 - [MS01-029] Windows Media Player HTML Outside of Internet Zone, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 16:11
Updated: 05/21/2019 14:31
Changes: 07/04/2014 16:11 (45), 05/21/2019 14:31 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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