PT-2004-2248 · Microsoft · Windows Media Player

Arman Nayyeri · Published 2004-12-18 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1325

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows Media Player version 9.0

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files on the local system by utilizing the getItemInfoByAtom function in the ActiveX control, which returns a 0 if the file does not exist and the size of the file if the file exists.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Windows Media Player version 9.0, consider disabling the getItemInfoByAtom function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the ActiveX control to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1325

Affected Products

Windows Media Player

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/12032 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/25032 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1325 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18587 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110352518211306&w=2 · Note