Microsoft: >> Windows Media Player Security Vulnerabilities
Buffer overflow in mplay32.exe of Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.3 through 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long mp3 filename command line argument. NOTE: since the only known attack vector requires command line access, this may not be a vulnerability.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.056
Published
2002-12-31
Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 6.4 and 7.1 and Media Player for Windows XP allow remote attackers to bypass Internet Explorer's (IE) security mechanisms and run code via an executable .wma media file with a license installation requirement stored in the IE cache, aka the "Cache Path Disclosure via Windows Media Player".
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.074
Published
2002-07-03
The Windows Media Device Manager (WMDM) Service in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 systems allows local users to obtain LocalSystem rights via a program that calls the WMDM service to connect to an invalid local storage device, aka "Privilege Elevation through Windows Media Device Manager Service".
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.017
Published
2002-07-03
Windows Media Player (WMP) 8.00.00.4477, and possibly other versions, automatically detects and executes .wmf and other content, even when the file's extension or content type does not specify .wmf, which could make it easier for attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via Trojan horse files containing .wmf content.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.041
Published
2002-06-25
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) file.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.172
Published
2001-12-06
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Windows Media Station (.NSC) file.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.099
Published
2001-09-20
Buffer overflows in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long version tag in an .ASX file, or (2) a long banner tag, a variant of the ".ASX Buffer Overrun" vulnerability as discussed in MS:MS00-090.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.127
Published
2001-06-27
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.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.37
Published
2001-06-27
The WMP ActiveX Control in Windows Media Player 7 allows remote attackers to execute commands in Internet Explorer via javascript URLs, a variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.137
Published
2001-06-02
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.
CVSS Score
5.1
EPSS Score
0.074
Published
2001-03-12