CVE-2003-0909 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP, allowing local users to execute arbitrary programs with elevated privileges. This is achieved by manipulating the Task Scheduler service or eventtriggers.exe. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there's no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating notable awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.