CVE-2003-1355

Battlefield 1942 1.2-1.3 - Buffer Overflow via Remote Console Authentication

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2003-1355. PoCs published by greuff.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Battlefield 1942 by sending excessively long strings to the administration port (4711/tcp), causing the server to crash. The code includes a minimalist RCON authentication bypass to trigger the vulnerability.

Description

Buffer overflow in the remote console (rcon) in Battlefield 1942 1.2 and 1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long user name and password.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by greuff · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22290

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Battlefield 1942 by sending excessively long strings to the administration port (4711/tcp), causing the server to crash. The code includes a minimalist RCON authentication bypass to trigger the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Battlefield 1942 Server 1.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server's RCON port (default 4711/tcp)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6967
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0342.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11426

Scores

EPSS 0.0447
EPSS Percentile 90.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
electronic_arts/battlefield_1942 1.2
electronic_arts/battlefield_1942 1.3
Published Dec 31, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026