CVE-2001-0243

Windows Media Player vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

17.6%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows Media Player

CVSS vector

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

Published

2001-06-27

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 confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 17.6% 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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Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Media Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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