PT-2002-2566 · Microsoft · Windows Media Player

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2024-02-08 · CVE-2002-1844

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) version 6.3

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by deleting or modifying executables due to world-writable permissions.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) version 6.3, consider changing the permissions of the installed executables to prevent world-writable access as a temporary mitigation measure. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1844

Affected Products

Windows Media Player

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1844 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0260.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6003 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/10398.php · Note