CVE-2003-1003

Cisco PIX firewall 5.x.x, and 6.3.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reload) via an SNMPv3 message when snmp-server is set.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1003 is rated Moderate Risk (55.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.37%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1003

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 0.59% 1.37% +0.78%
2 2025-03-17 0.23% 0.59% +0.36%
3 2024-09-17 0.23%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1003

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1003

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1003

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco pix_firewall 6.2.2_.111 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:pix_firewall:6.2.2_.111:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.1\(4\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.1\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.1\(4.206\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.1\(4.206\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.2\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.2\(2\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.2\(3.210\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(3.210\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.2\(5\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.2\(6\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.2\(7\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(7\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.2\(9\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.2\(9\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.3\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.3\(1.200\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.3\(1.200\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.3\(2\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.3\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 5.3\(3\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:5.3\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.0\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.0\(2\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.0\(3\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.0\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.0\(4\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.0\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.0\(4.101\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.0\(4.101\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.1 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.1\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.1\(2\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.1\(3\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.1\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.1\(4\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.1\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.1\(5\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.1\(5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.2\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.2\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.2\(2\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.2\(3\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.2\(3.100\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.2\(3.100\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.3\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco pix_firewall_software 6.3\(3.102\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:pix_firewall_software:6.3\(3.102\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1003

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