Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-1443

Title: Kaspersky Antivirus MS-DOS device name virus protection bypass

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2003-1443.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Dec 31, 2003
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.4 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-1443: Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 4.0.9.0 does not detect viruses in files with MS-DOS device names in their filenames, which allows local users to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using aux.vbs and aux.com.

Impacted Vendors

K
kaspersky 1
K
kaspersky_lab 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0130.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11292 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0130.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11292
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.4
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2003-1443 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.