CVE-2003-0604 describes a vulnerability in Windows Media Player (WMP) versions 7 and 8, impacting systems where WMP processes HTML, such as through Internet Explorer. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass security zone restrictions by using an IFRAME tag pointing to an ASF file with a File:// URL in its Content-location, enabling unauthorized access to or execution of arbitrary files. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.