$ cve CVE-2003-0352 JSON

CVE-2003-0352 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 98.5% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Buffer overflow in a certain DCOM interface for RPC in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed message, as exploited by the Blaster/MSblast/LovSAN and Nachi/Welchia worms.

Scoring

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	98.48% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2003-08-18
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (4)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	windows 2000
microsoft	windows 2003 server
microsoft	windows nt
microsoft	windows xp

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft RPC DCOM Interface - Remote Overflow (MS03-026) (Metasploit)	2011-01-11
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows - 'RPC DCOM' Long Filename Overflow (MS03-026)	2003-09-16
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows - DCOM RPC Interface Buffer Overrun	2003-08-11

References

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