PT-2015-2770 · Microsoft · Windows Media Player

Published 2015-06-09 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-1728

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Media Player versions 10 through 12

Description The issue is related to errors in the code of Windows Media Player, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DataObject on a web site.

Recommendations For Windows Media Player versions 10 through 12, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-17

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-12135

CVE-2015-1728

Affected Products

Windows Media Player

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1728 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-057 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-12135 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032522 · Note
• https://verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1200 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-057 · Note