CVE-2007-5095 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 on Windows XP SP2 invokes Internet Explorer to render HTML documents contained inside some media files, regardless of what default web browser is configured, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in software that the user does not expect to run, as demonstrated by the HTMLView parameter in an .asx file.

Published: 2007-09-26

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 32.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.32542.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/41093
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/backdooring-windows-media-files
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479825/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479854/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479855/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479856/100/100/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Media Player Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-26T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:17:28.349Z

Reserved: 2007-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5095

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-09-26T22:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5095

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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