Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.3 on Solaris privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.3 on Solaris. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1844. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.3 on Solaris (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.3, when installed on Solaris, installs executables with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to delete or modify the executables to gain privileges.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1844 since 06/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/04/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 (10398) and SecurityFocus (BID 6003†). The entry VDB-19490 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

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Timelineinfo

10/18/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +74 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/29/2005 +911 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +3323 days 🔍
07/04/2024 +3622 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1844 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1844
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19487
X-Force: 10398
SecurityFocus: 6003 - Windows Media Player For Solaris Default World Writeable Permissions Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 17:13
Updated: 07/04/2024 19:36
Changes: 08/04/2014 17:13 (48), 04/19/2019 16:36 (4), 07/04/2024 19:36 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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