CVE-2003-0812

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 21 years ago

2003-12-15 05:00:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-04-30 14:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft windows 2000_sp1

Microsoft windows 2000_sp2

Microsoft windows 2000_sp3

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Home Edition

References

20031111 EEYE: Windows Workstation Service Remote Buffer Overflow

20031112 Proof of concept for Windows Workstation Service overflow

CA-2003-28

US Government Resource

20040129 Buffer Overrun in Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation Service (MS03-049)

VU#567620

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

9011

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

MS03-049

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:331

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:575

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