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CVE-2010-0268

Unspecified vulnerability in the Windows Media Player ActiveX control in Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 on Microsoft Windo

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.".

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.44907
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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
microsoft windows 2000all versions
microsoft windows xpall versions
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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

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secure@microsoft.com
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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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD14 Apr 2010 · 04:00 PM
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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.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.htmlUS Government Resource
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
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