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CVE-2003-0003
Buffer overflow in the RPC Locator service for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows…
High7.5EPSS 43.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the RPC Locator service for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an RPC call to the service containing certain parameter information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 43.4% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- MS03-001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20030130 Microsoft RPC Locator Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (#NISR29012003) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:103 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- win-locator-bo(11132) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6666 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#610986 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- CA-2003-03 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20030130 Microsoft RPC Locator Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (#NISR29012003) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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