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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2003-0974 json

Applied Watch Command Center allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities without authentication, such as (1) add new users t…

published 2003-12-02 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0964

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Applied Watch Command Center allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities without authentication, such as (1) add new users to a console, as demonstrated using appliedsnatch.c, or (2) add spurious IDS rules to sensors, as demonstrated using addrule.c.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23405)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23405 Applied Watch Command Center 1.0 - Authentication Bypass (2) remote, 2003-11-28
  • EDB-23404 Applied Watch Command Center 1.0 - Authentication Bypass (1) remote, 2003-11-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9124 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.