$ cve CVE-2003-0812 JSON

CVE-2003-0812 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 81% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in a logging function for Windows Workstation Service (WKSSVC.DLL) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via RPC calls that cause long entries to be written to a debug log file ("NetSetup.LOG"), as demonstrated using the NetAddAlternateComputerName API.

Scoring

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	81.05% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2003-12-15
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (2)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	windows 2000
microsoft	windows xp

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Workstation Service - NetAddAlternateComputerName Overflow (MS03-049) (Metasploit)	2010-05-09
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows XP - Workstation Service Remote (MS03-049)	2003-12-04
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows - Workstation Service WKSSVC Remote (MS03-049)	2003-11-14
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows XP/2000 - Workstation Service Overflow (MS03-049)	2003-11-12

References

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