CVE-2001-0137

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5937

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-010

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958100816503&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-03-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.22168