CVE-2003-0471
Buffer overflow in WebAdmin.exe for WebAdmin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request to WebAdmin.dll with a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 61.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in WebAdmin.exe for WebAdmin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request to WebAdmin.dll with a long USER argument.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Alt-N WebAdmin USER Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/altn_webadminRank averagedisclosed 24 Jun 2003
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Alt-N WebAdmin - USER Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16776remote, windowspublished 15 Feb 2010Verified
- Alt-N WebAdmin 2.0.4 - USER Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1210remote, windowspublished 11 Sept 2005Verified
- Alt-N WebAdmin 2.0.x - 'USER' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22833remote, windowspublished 24 Jun 2003Verified
- Alt-N WebAdmin 2.0.x - 'USER' Remote Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22834remote, windowspublished 24 Jun 2003Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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)
- 61.0% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 8024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030624 Re: WebAdmin from ALT-N remote exploit PoC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2207 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20030624 Remote Buffer Overrun WebAdmin.exe (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-0465 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2003-0471)Record last updated .