CVE-2001-0243

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6584

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-029

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2765

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-06-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.1759