CVE-2003-1342 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Trend Micro Virus Control System (TVCS) 1.8 when running with Microsoft IIS. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust IIS memory by repeatedly requesting ActiveSupport.exe, leading to service disruption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:virus_control_system:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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