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CVE-2003-0203

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0203 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in moxftp versions 2.2 and earlier, affecting both moxftp and xftp products. This flaw allows a remote malicious FTP server to execute arbitrary code on a client system by sending an excessively long FTP banner. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:moxftp:moxftp:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xftp:xftp:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22278 · Feb 24, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0714 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/8136
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11399
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-281
derkeiler.com / Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2003-02/0338.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6921
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id