CVE-2002-0367
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.92% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 March 2002
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows nt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.9% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0367
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101614320402695&w=2Mailing List
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8462.phpBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262074Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264441Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264927Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4287Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-024Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A158Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A76Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101614320402695&w=2Mailing List
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8462.phpBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262074Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264441Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264927Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4287Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-024Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A158Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A76Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2002-0367US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.