CVE-2000-1112
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 executes scripts in custom skin (.WMS) files, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges via a skin that contains a malicious script, aka the ".WMS Script Execution" vulnerability.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 executes scripts in custom skin (.WMS) files, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges via a skin that contains a malicious script, aka the ".WMS Script Execution" vulnerability.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.97% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 November 2000
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows media player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 14.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1976Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-090
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5575
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1976Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-090
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5575
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.