Title: Microsoft Windows Media Player ActiveX Error Message Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
The Windows Media Player ActiveX control, shipped with IE 5, returns a specific error code if it is instructed to load a local file that does not exist. In this way, an attacker could determine whether or not a specified file on the victim's host exists. This could be used to determine user names and other facets of system configuration.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
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