HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2003-0974

Applied Watch Command Center vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Applied Watch Command Center allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities without authentication, such as (1) add new users to a console, as demonstrated using appliedsnatch.c, or (2) add spurious IDS rules to sensors, as demonstrated using addrule.c.
Affected vendor
Applied Watch Technologies
Affected product
Applied Watch Command Center
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2003-12-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2003-0974

  • Confirm whether Applied Watch Technologies Applied Watch Command Center is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-0974.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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