CVE-2003-1030
Buffer overflow in DameWare Mini Remote Control before 3.73 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 17.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in DameWare Mini Remote Control before 3.73 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pre-authentication request to TCP port 6129.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB4 entries
- DameWare Mini Remote Control Server 3.7x - Buffer Overflow (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 23435remote, windowspublished 16 Dec 2003Verified
- DameWare Mini Remote Control Server 3.7x - Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 23436remote, windowspublished 16 Dec 2003Verified
- DameWare Mini Remote Control Server 3.7x - Buffer Overflow (3) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 23437remote, windowspublished 16 Dec 2003Verified
- DameWare Mini Remote Control Server - System (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 79local, windowspublished 13 Aug 2003Verified
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Timeline
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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)
- 17.3% · top 2.9% 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
7
- 9213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- dameware-spoof-packet-bo(14001) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#909678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20031219 [Exploit]: DameWare Mini Remote Control Server Overflow Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20031214 DameWare Mini Remote Control Server <= 3.72 Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://sh0dan.org/files/dwmrcs372.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20040110 DameWare Mini Remote Control < v3.73 remote exploit by kralor] (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-2003-1020 (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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