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CVE-2003-0470

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-08-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the "RuFSI Utility Class" ActiveX control (aka "RuFSI Registry Information Class"), as used for the Symantec Security Check service, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to CompareVersionStrings.

Affected products

• Symantec Security Check: all versions

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/006014.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105647537823877&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/9091
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1007029
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/527228
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8008
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12423
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/006014.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105647537823877&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/9091
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1007029
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/527228

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