CVE-2002-0020
highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.169 · 97 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
16.9% (97th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Buffer overflow in telnet server in Windows 2000 and Interix 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed protocol options.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-120USLLM-inferred
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affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
published 2002-03-08modified 2026-06-16
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8094.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4061enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-004enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A424enisa_euvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8094.phpPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4061PatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-004nvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A424nvd
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