CVE-2006-4702

Windows Media Player vulnerability

CVSS

6.8

EPSS

27.4%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in the Windows Media Format Runtime in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4 and Windows XP SP2, Server 2003, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows Media Player

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-12-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium 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 27.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Media Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-4702.
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