CVE-2003-0352

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 98.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, web
Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp1, 4.0-sp2, 4.0-sp3, 4.0-sp4, 4.0-sp5 (+2)
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/007079.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/007357.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105838687731618&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105914789527294&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-16.html
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-19.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/568148
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8205
http://www.xfocus.org/documents/200307/2.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-026
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12629
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A194

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