VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0496

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability4.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-08-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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