CVE-2003-0496 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2003-0496?

CVE-2003-0496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 10 Jul 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Microsoft SQL Server before Windows 2000 SP4 allows local users to gain privileges as the SQL Server user by calling the xp_fileexist extended stored procedure with a named pipe as an argument instead of a normal file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0496?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0496?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2003-0496 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-0496 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4mxw-wgpc-xxg2.