CVE-2007-5095
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- 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
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