CVE-2010-0268 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Windows Media Player ActiveX control in Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted media content, aka "Media Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Published: 2010-04-14

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 44.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.44907.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-027
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7281

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows Media Player Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2010-04-14T15:44:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:45:11.743Z

Reserved: 2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0268

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-04-14T16:00:01.600

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-0268

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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