CVE-2000-0929

Windows Media Player vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

14.4%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows Media Player

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2000-12-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Media Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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