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Actively exploited · Published Apr 2, 2003 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2002-0367

High 7.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Windows from Microsoft. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 3, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.9% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)4.9%top 7.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 3, 2022
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 24, 2022.

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

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Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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