CVE-2001-0137 — Windows Media Player 7 allows remote attackers to execute malicious Java applets in Internet Explorer clients by enclosing the applet in a skin file named skin.wmz, then referencing that skin in the codebase parameter to an applet tag, aka the Windows Media Player Skins File Download" vulnerability

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Windows Media Player 7 allows remote attackers to execute malicious Java applets in Internet Explorer clients by enclosing the applet in a skin file named skin.wmz, then referencing that skin in the codebase parameter to an applet tag, aka the Windows Media Player Skins File Download" vulnerability

Published May 7, 2001

5.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 22.17%

Description

Windows Media Player 7 allows remote attackers to execute malicious Java applets in Internet Explorer clients by enclosing the applet in a skin file named skin.wmz, then referencing that skin in the codebase parameter to an applet tag, aka the Windows Media Player Skins File Download" vulnerability.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

22.17% 0.22168

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.22168

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	22.17% (0.22168)	97.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	22.17% (0.22168)	97.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 15, 2025	7.39% (0.07392)	91.19th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	5.51% (0.05513)	89.26th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	7.60% (0.07596)	86.14th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	5.51% (0.05513)	89.01th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	7.30% (0.07302)	91.01th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	1.98% (0.01985)	88.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 7, 2023	3.30% (0.03300)	89.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.41% (0.02413)	88.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	25.60% (0.25598)	97.01th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	25.60% (0.25598)	95.57th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958100816503&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2203
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-010
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5937
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958100816503&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2203		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-010		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5937		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 7, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Feb 6, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0137

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0137

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-0137