Back
CVE-2003-1246
NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject in ntdll.dll in Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.2 and 1.3 allows local users to create and overwrite…
Low2.1EPSS 0.33%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject in ntdll.dll in Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.2 and 1.3 allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on \winnt\system32\drivers using the subst command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 73% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- ipd-ntcreatesymboliclinkobject-subs-symlink(10979) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20030103 Pedestal Software Security Notice (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030103 Another way to bypass Integrity Protection Driver ('subst' vuln) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6511 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
Record last updated .