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Internet users are at risk from a previously undiscovered flaw in the popular WinAmp media player, which attackers are actively using to spread malicious code on Windows desktops, according to security researchers.
A problem in the way WinAmp handles "skins" - used to customise the appearance of the application - means attackers can use a specially crafted skin file to execute code on any PC with WinAmp installed.
In Internet Explorer, users merely need to visit a malicious website for the code to be automatically downloaded and executed, according to advice from French security firm K-Otik.
While not as widely used as Windows Media Player or RealPlayer, WinAmp has an installed base of several million, including on corporate desktops, according to the company.
The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully patched Windows system with WinAmp 5.04 using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Microsoft Windows XP SP1, said Danish security firm Secunia in its own warning.
 News source: Computer Weekly
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