CVE-2003-0109

Exp

Buffer overflow in ntdll.dll on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated via a WebDAV request to IIS 5.0.

Published: 2003-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0109 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 88.72%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 10 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.67% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0109

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16470 exploit_db edb 2010-07-25 Exploit-DB ↗
51 exploit_db edb 2003-07-08 Exploit-DB ↗
36 exploit_db edb 2003-06-01 Exploit-DB ↗
22367 exploit_db edb 2003-04-04 Exploit-DB ↗
22366 exploit_db edb 2003-03-31 Exploit-DB ↗
2 exploit_db edb 2003-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗
22365 exploit_db edb 2003-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗
1 exploit_db edb 2003-03-23 Exploit-DB ↗
22368 exploit_db edb 2003-03-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0109

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-29 87.04% 88.72% +1.67%
2 2025-11-06 88.72% 87.04% -1.67%
3 2025-07-11 88.72%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0109

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0109

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0109

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000_terminal_services cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000_terminal_services cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000_terminal_services cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000_terminal_services cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0109

URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104826476427372&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104861839130254&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104869293619064&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104887148323552&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105768156625699&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=104826785731151&w=2
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C9A38D45-5145-4844-B62E-C69D32AC929B&displaylang=en
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ815021
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-09.html Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=22029 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11533.php Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/117394 US Government Resource
http://www.nextgenss.com/papers/ms03-007-ntdll.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7116 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-007
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A109
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