VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-0352

Buffer overflow in a certain DCOM interface for RPC in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed message, as exploited by the Blaster/MSblast/LovSAN and Nachi/Welchia worms.

EXPLOIT ×3 ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 98.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 98.5%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 98.48% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits: 3 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 August 2003
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows nt · microsoft/windows xp
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 98.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (3)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-16749 source ↗	Microsoft RPC DCOM Interface - Remote Overflow (MS03-026) (Metasploit)windows · Metasploit	remote	11 January 2011	yes
EDB-100 source ↗	Microsoft Windows - 'RPC DCOM' Long Filename Overflow (MS03-026)windows · ey4s	remote	16 September 2003	yes
EDB-22917 source ↗	Microsoft Windows - DCOM RPC Interface Buffer Overrunwindows · aT4r@3wdesign.es	remote	11 August 2003	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.