CVE-2003-0662

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 38.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-10-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Troubleshooter ActiveX Control (Tshoot.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document with a long argument to the RunQuery2 method.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q4/0015.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012205.html
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106632192709608&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-27.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/989932
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8833
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13423
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A237
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q4/0015.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012205.html
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106632192709608&w=2

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