CVE-2001-0137
mediumpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.222 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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.
cvss
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-20553Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0 - '.wmz' Arbitrary Java Appletfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (8)
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958100816503&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2203enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-010enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5937enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958100816503&w=2nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2203ExploitPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-010nvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5937nvd
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