How severe is CVE-2002-0367?

CVE-2002-0367 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2002-0367: Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-03

Remediation due

2022-03-24

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0367

Description

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

9 Links

Vendor advisories

MS02-024

Mailing lists

Vulnerability databases

Record Details

Published

2003-04-02

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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