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CVE-2004-1244

Windows Media Player 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG file containing large (1) width or (2

Windows Media Player 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG file containing large (1) width or (2) height values, aka the "PNG Processing Vulnerability.".

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.42545
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules3 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft windows media playerall versions
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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snort-communityFILE-IMAGE Microsoft and libpng multiple products PNG large image width overflow attemptattempted-user
snort-communityFILE-IMAGE Microsoft Multiple Products PNG large image height download attemptattempted-user
snort-communityFILE-IMAGE Microsoft PNG large colour depth download attemptattempted-user
snort-communityFILE-IMAGE Microsoft and libpng multiple products PNG large image width overflow attemptattempted-user
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - File
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Process
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Registry
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD08 Feb 2004 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259890PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.htmlPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19096
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1306
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1568
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