CVE-2003-0306 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in EXPLORER.EXE on Windows XP allows attacke)
Buffer overflow in EXPLORER.EXE on Windows XP allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the XP user via a desktop.ini file with a long .ShellClassInfo parameter.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0306 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-06-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in EXPLORER.EXE on Windows XP allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the XP user via a desktop.ini file with a long .ShellClassInfo parameter. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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