CVE-2002-1844 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.3 when installed on Solaris, where executables are installed with world-writable permissions. This allows local users to delete or modify these executables, potentially leading to privilege escalation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered notable community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting some awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.