CVE-2003-0812

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 82.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in a logging function for Windows Workstation Service (WKSSVC.DLL) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via RPC calls that cause long entries to be written to a debug log file ("NetSetup.LOG"), as demonstrated using the NetAddAlternateComputerName API.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106859247713009&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106865197102041&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-28.html
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040129-ms03-049.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/567620
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9011
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-049
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A331
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A575
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106859247713009&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106865197102041&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-28.html

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