CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-0228

7.5 HIGH Published 2003-05-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-05-27
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media Player for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skins file with a URL containing hex-encoded backslash characters (%5C) that causes an executable to be placed in an arbitrary location.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows media player • microsoft windows media player 7.1

References