CVE-2001-0137

Severity

51%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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 2.0 Base Score 5.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 24 years ago

2001-03-12 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:30:00

Affected Software

Microsoft windows_media_player 7

7

References

20010115 Windows Media Player 7 and IE java vulnerability - executing arbitrary programs

2203

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

MS01-010

win-mediaplayer-arbitrary-code(5937)

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