CVE-2003-0470 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the "RuFSI Utility Class" ActiveX control (aka "RuFSI Registry Information Class"), as used for the Symantec Security Check service, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to CompareVersionStrings.

Published: 2003-06-28

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 27.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:security_check:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.27947.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/006014.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105647537823877&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/9091
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007029
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/527228
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8008
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12423

History

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Subscriptions

Symantec Security Check

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-06-28T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:58:09.996Z

Reserved: 2003-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0470

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-08-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0470

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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