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CVE-2003-0470
Buffer overflow in the "RuFSI Utility Class" ActiveX control (aka "RuFSI Registry Information Class"), as used for the Symantec Security…
High7.5EPSS 8.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the "RuFSI Utility Class" ActiveX control (aka "RuFSI Registry Information Class"), as used for the Symantec Security Check service, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to CompareVersionStrings.
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.7% · top 4.8% 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 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 1007029 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 8008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030624 [Symantec Security Advisor] Symantec Security Check ActiveX Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 9091 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- symantec-security-activex-bo(12423) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20030622 Symantec ActiveX control buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- VU#527228 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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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