CVE-2002-0481 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (An interaction between Windows Media Player (WMP) and Outloo)
An interaction between Windows Media Player (WMP) and Outlook 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass Outlook security settings and execute Javascript via an IFRAME in an HTML email message that references .WMS (Windows Media Skin) or other WMP media files, whose onload handlers execute the player.LaunchURL() Javascript
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-0481 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-08-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | An interaction between Windows Media Player (WMP) and Outlook 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass Outlook security settings and execute Javascript via an IFRAME in an HTML email message that references .WMS (Windows Media Skin) or other WMP media files, whose onload handlers execute the player.LaunchURL() Javascript function. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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