# CVE-2003-0662: Buffer overflow in Troubleshooter ActiveX Control (Tshoot.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2003-10-17 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in Troubleshooter ActiveX Control (Tshoot.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document with a long argument to the RunQuery2 method.

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## References

- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-27.html
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106632192709608&w=2
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q4/0015.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A237
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13423
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012205.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8833
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/989932

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