CVE-2003-0224

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0224 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in ssinc.dll within Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code by crafting a web page containing a Server Side Include (SSI) directive with an excessively long filename. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-exploitable attack with low complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no readily available exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it shows no signs of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
10.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1018 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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.