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CVE-2003-0170

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0170 describes an unknown vulnerability in the ftpd service of IBM AIX 5.2, specifically when configured for Kerberos 5 authentication. This critical flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk where unauthenticated remote attackers can achieve complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no known exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this almost two-decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11823
www-1.ibm.com / services/continuity/recover1.nsf/MSS/MSS-OAR-E01-2003.0469.1
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 4878
securityfocus.com / bid/7346
PatchVendor Advisory