CVE-2003-0998

Unknown "potential system security vulnerability" in Computer Associates (CA) Unicenter Remote Control 5.0 through 5.2, and ControlIT 5.0 and 5.1, may allow attackers to gain privileges to the local system account.

Published: 2004-01-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0998 is rated Low Risk (28.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0998

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 0.06% 0.37% +0.31%
2 2025-03-17 0.36% 0.06% -0.30%
3 2024-12-17 0.36%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0998

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0998

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0998

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom unicenter_remote_control 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unicenter_remote_control:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom unicenter_remote_control 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unicenter_remote_control:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom unicenter_remote_control_option 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unicenter_remote_control_option:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom unicenter_remote_control_option 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unicenter_remote_control_option:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca controlit 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:ca:controlit:5.0:*:advanced:*:*:*:*:*
ca controlit 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:ca:controlit:5.0:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ca controlit 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ca:controlit:5.1:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ca unicenter_remote_control_option 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_remote_control_option:5.1:*:*:de:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0998

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