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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 IDCVE-2003-0306
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-06-09
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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