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CVE-2003-0306
Buffer overflow in EXPLORER.EXE on Windows XP allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the XP user via a desktop.ini file with a long…
High7.2EPSS 4.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in EXPLORER.EXE on Windows XP allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the XP user via a desktop.ini file with a long .ShellClassInfo parameter.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- MS03-027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20030511 Detailed analysis: Buffer overflow in Explorer.exe on Windows XP SP1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3095 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20030515 Re[2]: EXPLOIT: Buffer overflow in Explorer.exe on Windows XP SP1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030507 Buffer overflow in Explorer.exe (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_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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