Microsoft Windows XP Media Player 7.1 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows XP. It has been classified as very critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Media Player 7.1. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0228. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows XP (Operating System). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Media Player 7.1. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media Player for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skins file with a URL containing hex-encoded backslash characters (%5C) that causes an executable to be placed in an arbitrary location.

The weakness was released 05/07/2003 by Jouko Pynnonen (jelmer) with Oy Online Solutions Ltd, Finland as MS03-017 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0228 since 04/30/2003. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/27/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11595 (MS03-017: Windows Media Player Skin Download Overflow (817787)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.

Applying the patch MS03-017 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3192. In this case the pattern Content-Disposition|3A| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2523.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11953), Exploit-DB (22570), Tenable (11595), SecurityFocus (BID 7517†) and OSVDB (7738†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 11595
Nessus Name: MS03-017: Windows Media Player Skin Download Overflow (817787)
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Patch: MS03-017

Snort ID: 3192
Snort Message: WEB-CLIENT Windows Media Player directory traversal via Content-Disposition attempt
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Suricata ID: 2103192
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04/30/2003 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS03-017
Researcher: Jouko Pynnonen (jelmer)
Organization: Oy Online Solutions Ltd, Finland
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0228 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0228
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61

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X-Force: 11953 - Microsoft Windows Media Player skin downloading could allow an attacker to execute code, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 7517 - Microsoft Windows Media Player Skin File Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 7738 - Microsoft Windows Media Player Skins File Arbitrary Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 1450 - [MS03-017] Microsoft Media Player Allows Arbitrary Code Execution via Downloaded Skin File, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2003 02:00
Updated: 03/27/2025 09:16
Changes: 05/07/2003 02:00 (63), 12/13/2016 20:20 (40), 03/08/2021 09:46 (2), 01/21/2025 14:39 (15), 03/27/2025 09:16 (2)
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