Description
Windows Media Player 7 allows remote attackers to execute malicious Java applets in Internet Explorer clients by enclosing the applet in a skin file named skin.wmz, then referencing that skin in the codebase parameter to an applet tag, aka the Windows Media Player Skins File Download" vulnerability.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0 - '.wmz' Arbitrary Java Applet EDB-20553 · remote · Jan 15, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 2203 vdb-entry
- MS01-010 vendor-advisory
- 20010115 Windows Media Player 7 and IE java vulnerability - executing arbitrary programs mailing-list
- win-mediaplayer-arbitrary-code(5937) vdb-entry