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CVE-2003-0230

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0230 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft SQL Server 7, 2000, and MSDE. An attacker can exploit this by hijacking a named pipe during another user's authentication process. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_engine:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:7.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:7.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0226 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.0 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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-031
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A235
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/556356
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