CVE-2003-0228: Microsoft Windows Media Player

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 46.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Media Player: affected versions not specified; version 7.1 only

Published 2003-05-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.