CVE-2003-0503

Buffer overflow in the ShellExecute API function of SHELL32.DLL in Windows 2000 before SP4 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long third argument.

CVSS 7.5 · High

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Aug 7, 2003

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE IDs

Unavailable

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 2.0 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Access Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Access Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Authentication (Au): None. The attacker does not need to authenticate.
Confidentiality Impact (C): Partial. There is a limited impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): Partial. There is a limited impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): Partial. There is a limited impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

0 stored signals · no KEV · 0 OTX pulses