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CVE-2003-0228 (GCVE-0-2003-0228)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-05-08 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:43
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105233960728901&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105240528419389&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
Date Public
2003-05-07 00:00
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