CVE-2002-0367
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.049 · 92 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSadded 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-24
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
smss.exe debugging subsystem in Windows NT and Windows 2000 does not properly authenticate programs that connect to other programs, which allows local users to gain administrator or SYSTEM privileges by duplicating a handle to a privileged process, as demonstrated by DebPloit.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-21344Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 - Process Handle Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
references (19)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101614320402695&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8462.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262074enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264441enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264927enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4287enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-024enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A158enisa_euvd
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