CVE-2003-0715

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 40.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-09-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) interface in the RPCSS Service allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DCERPC DCOM object activation request packet with modified length fields, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0352 (Blaster/Nachi) and CVE-2003-0528.

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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106322856608909&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-23.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/483492
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-039
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1202
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1813
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A20
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A264
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4224
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106322856608909&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-23.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/483492

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