CVE•Published 2000-12-19•Modified 2026-09-23•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2000-0929Microsoft · Windows_media_player
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
96
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2000-12-19
Modified 2026-09-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2000-0929Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Microsoft Windows Media Player" version:"7"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Windows Media Player"HTTP body or banner mentions "Windows Media Player" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2000-0929Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2000-0929Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2000-0929Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2000-0929GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2000-0929" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2000-0929 on GitHub.