THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3009
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3009

Windows Media Player vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
15.8%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4, Windows Media Format Runtime 7.1 through 11, and Windows Media Services 4.1, 9, and 2008 do not properly use the Service Principal Name (SPN) identifier when validating replies to authentication requests, which allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that employ NTLM credential reflection, aka "SPN Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Media Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-12-10

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 15.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-3009

  • 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-2008-3009.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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