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CVE-2003-0306

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-05-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in EXPLORER.EXE on Windows XP allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the XP user via a desktop.ini file with a long .ShellClassInfo parameter.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105284486526310&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105301349925036&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=105241032526289&w=2
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-027
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3095
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105284486526310&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105301349925036&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=105241032526289&w=2
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-027
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3095

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