CVE-2001-0137

Windows Media Player vulnerability

CVSS

5.1

EPSS

22.2%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows Media Player

CVSS vector

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

Published

2001-03-12

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 22.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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