CVE-2007-5095
Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 on Windows XP SP2 invokes Internet Explorer to render HTML documents contained inside some media files, regardless of what default web browser is configured, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in software that the user does not expect to run, as demonstrated by the HTMLView parameter in an .asx file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 15.2% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5076)
- Published
- September 26, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5076 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows media player
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://osvdb.org/41093
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/backdooring-windows-media-files
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479825/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479854/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479855/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479856/100/100/threaded
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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