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CVE-2003-0839

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the "Shell Folders" capability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in a "shell:" link.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: r2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106563075612028&w=2
• http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/1667/advisory08e.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106563075612028&w=2
• http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/1667/advisory08e.html

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