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CVE-2003-0228

7.5
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
75.02%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media Player for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skins file with a URL containing hex-encoded backslash characters (%5C) that causes an executable to be placed in an arbitrary location.

Published: 5/27/2003
Modified: 4/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

7.5

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

75.02%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 75.02% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other