CVE-2003-0228 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 46.3% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 46.32% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-05-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows media player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 - Skin File Code Execution | 2003-05-07 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105232913516488&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105240528419389&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105233960728901&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/384932
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7517
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-017
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11953
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A321
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105232913516488&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105240528419389&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105233960728901&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/384932
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7517
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-017
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11953
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A321
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