Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player (CVE-2000-0929)
Summary
Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player (CVE-2000-0929). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service in RTF-enabled email clients via an embedded OCX control that is not closed properly, aka the "OCX Attachment" vulnerability.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2000-0929 has been found in Microsoft Windows Media Player.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Microsoft Windows Media Player CVE-2000-0929" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2000-0929 (Microsoft Windows Media Player)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Microsoft Windows Media Player.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Microsoft Windows Media Player.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Microsoft Windows Media Player を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- exploit securityfocus.com
- web marc.info
- web docs.microsoft.com
- web exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com