7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2003-1407

Published: 31/12/2003 Updated: 29/07/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 725
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in cmd.exe in Windows NT 4.0 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname argument to the cd command.

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microsoft windows nt 4.0

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/6829/info The Windows NT and 2000 command prompt (cmdexe) does not properly handle paths containing more than 256 characters If the cd (change directory) command is used to change to a subdirectory resulting in a path with more than 256 characters, a buffer is overrun This could lead to cmdexe failing w ...