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CVE-2001-0137

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: 7

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958100816503&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2203
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-010
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5937
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958100816503&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2203
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-010
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5937

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