CVE-2001-0243
Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder...
Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder with a fixed filename instead of in the Internet Explorer cache, which causes the HTML in those shortcuts to run in the Local Computer Zone instead of the Internet Zone, which allows remote attackers to read certain files.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder with a fixed filename instead of in the Internet Explorer cache, which causes the HTML in those shortcuts to run in the Local Computer Zone instead of the Internet Zone, which allows remote attackers to read certain files.
- Record
CVE-2001-0243- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder with a fixed filename instead of in the Internet Explorer cache, which causes the HTML in those shortcuts to run in the Local Computer Zone instead of the Internet Zone, which allows remote attackers to read certain files.
- Record
CVE-2001-0243- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0243 No score
Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder with a fixed filename instead of in the Internet Explorer cache, which causes the HTML in those shortcuts to run in the Local Computer Zone instead of the Internet Zone, which allows remote attackers to read certain files.
- Record
EUVD-2001-0243- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p3m8-f58x-8x6c No score
Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder...
Windows Media Player 7 and earlier stores Internet shortcuts in a user's Temporary Files folder with a fixed filename instead of in the Internet Explorer cache, which causes the HTML in those shortcuts to run in the Local Computer Zone instead of the Internet Zone, which allows remote attackers to read certain files.
- Record
GHSA-p3m8-f58x-8x6c- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2001-0243 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Windows Media Player, published June 27, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.6%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.