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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0243

CVE-2001-0243

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Windows Media Player3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=7

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