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high 7.5

CVE-2003-0228 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media Player for Windows XP allows remote attackers to…

published 2003-05-08 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0223

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
46.3%
EPSS 46.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22570)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

46.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22570 Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 - Skin File Code Execution remote, 2003-05-07
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7517 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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