Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2003-0812
Stack-based buffer overflow in a logging function for Windows Workstation Service (WKSSVC.DLL) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via RPC calls that cause long entries to be written to a debug log file ("NetSetup.LOG"), as demonstrated using the NetAddAlternateComputerName API.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.821 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.810 · newest: 0.821 · change: +0.010
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040129-ms03-049.shtml (vendor-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-049 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/9011 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/567620 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:331 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-28.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:575 (signature, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2003-0812?
- CVE-2003-0812 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2003-12-15.
- Is CVE-2003-0812 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.