# CVE-2003-0228

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2003-0228
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 3
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** May 8, 2003
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

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

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105232913516488&w=2)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7517)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105233960728901&w=2)
- [CNA](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11953)
- [CNA](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A321)
- [CNA](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/384932)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105240528419389&w=2)
- [CNA](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-017)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 75.02%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 98.8

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-17._