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critical 9.3

CVE-2003-0662 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in Troubleshooter ActiveX Control (Tshoot.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute…

published 2003-10-17 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0656

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
38.0%
EPSS 38.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in Troubleshooter ActiveX Control (Tshoot.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document with a long argument to the RunQuery2 method.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

38.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q4/0015.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8833 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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