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Unscored CVE-2001-0243 EUVD-2001-0243GHSA-p3m8-f58x-8x6c

Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder with a fixed filename instead of in the Int…

Published Sep 18, 2001 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder with a fixed filename instead of in the Internet Explorer cache, which causes the HTML in those shortcuts to run in the Local Computer Zone instead of the Internet Zone, which allows remote attackers to read certain files.

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