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CVE-2003-0228

Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media Player for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skins file with a URL containing hex-encoded backslash characters (%5C) that causes an executable to be placed in an arbitrary location.

Published: May 27, 2003 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

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Affected Products (2)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_media_player -
microsoft windows_media_player 7.1

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-gq39-pwjr-jm43

Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media Player...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.5 / 10
EPSS Score 46.32%

Top 1% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 43.9 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub