CVE-2003-0117

Exp

Buffer overflow in the HTTP receiver function (BizTalkHTTPReceive.dll ISAPI) of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain request to the HTTP receiver.

Published: 2003-05-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0117 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.05%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2003-0117

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22553 exploit_db edb 2003-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0117

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 2026-06-15 18.62% 9.05% -9.56%
2 2026-03-09 20.15% 18.62% -1.53%
3 2025-08-25 20.15%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0117

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-2003-0117

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0117

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft biztalk_server 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:biztalk_server:2002:*:developer:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft biztalk_server 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:biztalk_server:2002:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0117

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