CVE-2003-0201

Exp

Buffer overflow in the call_trans2open function in trans2.c for Samba 2.2.x before 2.2.8a, 2.0.10 and earlier 2.0.x versions, and Samba-TNG before 0.3.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2003-05-05 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2003-0201 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 85.97%, 99th percentile). 13 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2003-0201

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16861 exploit_db edb 2010-07-14 Exploit-DB ↗
16330 exploit_db edb 2010-06-21 Exploit-DB ↗
16876 exploit_db edb 2010-06-21 Exploit-DB ↗
16880 exploit_db edb 2010-06-17 Exploit-DB ↗
55 exploit_db edb 2003-07-13 Exploit-DB ↗
22470 exploit_db edb 2003-05-12 Exploit-DB ↗
22468 exploit_db edb 2003-04-11 Exploit-DB ↗
10 exploit_db edb 2003-04-10 Exploit-DB ↗
22471 exploit_db edb 2003-04-07 Exploit-DB ↗
22469 exploit_db edb 2003-04-07 Exploit-DB ↗
9924 exploit_db edb 2003-04-07 Exploit-DB ↗
7 exploit_db edb 2003-04-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0201

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 2026-05-22 86.32% 85.97% -0.35%
2 2026-05-21 83.96% 86.32% +2.36%
3 2026-02-17 — 83.96% —

Full EPSS history (34 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0201

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0201

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0201

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0201 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (samba), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0201
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0201

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0201

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.0a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.1a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.3a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.7a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba-tng samba-tng 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba-tng:samba-tng:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba-tng samba-tng 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:samba-tng:samba-tng:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 4.0b cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 4.0d cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 4.0d_pk9_bl17 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0d_pk9_bl17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 4.0f cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 4.0f_pk6_bl17 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f_pk6_bl17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 4.0f_pk7_bl18 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f_pk7_bl18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 4.0g cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 4.0g_pk3_bl17 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0g_pk3_bl17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.0_pk4_bl17 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0_pk4_bl17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.0_pk4_bl18 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0_pk4_bl18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.0a cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.0a_pk3_bl17 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0a_pk3_bl17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.0f cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1_pk3_bl17 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1_pk3_bl17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1_pk4_bl18 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1_pk4_bl18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1_pk5_bl19 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1_pk5_bl19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1_pk6_bl20 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1_pk6_bl20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1a cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1a_pk1_bl1 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1a_pk1_bl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1a_pk2_bl2 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1a_pk2_bl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1a_pk3_bl3 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1a_pk3_bl3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1b cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq tru64 5.1b_pk1_bl1 cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1b_pk1_bl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.01 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.20 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.24 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.04 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.11 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.20 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.22 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:x86_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos — cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.7 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.8 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.05 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.06 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.07 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.08 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.08.01 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.08.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.09 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.09.01 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.09.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0201

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030403-01-P
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000624
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104972664226781&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104974612519064&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104981682014565&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104994564212488&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-280 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.digitaldefense.net/labs/advisories/DDI-1013.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/267873 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:044
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_025_samba.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-137.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7294 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2163
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A567
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