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CVE-2001-0243

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder with a fixed filename instead of in the Internet Explorer cache, which causes the HTML in those shortcuts to run in the Local Computer Zone instead of the Internet Zone, which allows remote attackers to read certain files.

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: 6.4, 7

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2765
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-029
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6584
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2765
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-029
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6584

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