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CVE-2003-0727

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0727 describes multiple buffer overflows within the XML Database (XDB) functionality of Oracle 9i Database Release 2. This vulnerability allows local users to trigger a denial of service or potentially hijack user sessions. The CVSS score of 2.1 indicates a low severity, as it requires local access and has a low impact on availability. Despite the low CVSS, its FAUCET Risk Score is 99/100 and EPSS is high, suggesting a higher practical risk. There are multiple public exploit modules available, including several Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, demonstrating readily available exploit code. However, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
68.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Oracle 9i XDB FTP PASS Overflow (win32) · Aug 18, 2003
ExploitDB: EDB-42780 · Sep 25, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6839 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

otn.oracle.com / deploy/security/pdf/2003Alert58.pdf
exploit-db.com / exploits/42780