Editing Windows Media Player (section)

==Security issues==
[[Microsoft]] [[Windows Media]] Runtime in [[Windows 2000]], [[Windows XP]], [[Windows Vista]] and [[Windows Server]] contained a bug that permitted "remote code execution if a user opened a specially crafted media file". Such a file would allow the attacker to "then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights", if the account on which the file was played had administrator privileges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-047.mspx |title=Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-047: Critical Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Format Could Allow Remote Code Execution |date=September 8, 2009 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[Microsoft TechNet]] |access-date=June 5, 2010 |archive-date=July 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731034506/http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-047.mspx |url-status=live }}</ref> The problem was addressed in a critical update issued on September 8, 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968816 | title = MS09-047: Description of the security update for Windows Media Format Runtime, Windows Media Services, and Media Foundation: September&nbsp;8, 2009 | date = September 10, 2009 | work = Support | publisher = [[Microsoft]] | access-date = June 5, 2010 | archive-date = May 19, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100519232939/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968816 | url-status = live }}</ref>