CVE-2003-0496: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services: any version

Published 2003-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.