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CVE-2003-0004

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0004 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows Redirector function of Microsoft Windows XP. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it represents a high-severity local attack, requiring low attack complexity and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for privilege escalation is available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, despite no known active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:home:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22225 · Feb 5, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0311 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0154.html
marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-005
iss.net / security_center/static/11260.php
securityfocus.com / bid/6778