{"id":"CVE-2002-1540","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-1540","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:09.595Z","title":"The client for Symantec Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 7.5.x before 7.5.1 Build 62 and 7.6.x before 7.6.1 Build 35a runs winhlp32 with raised privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by using certain features of winhlp32.","description":"The client for Symantec Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition 7.5.x before 7.5.1 Build 62 and 7.6.x before 7.6.1 Build 35a runs winhlp32 with raised privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by using certain features of winhlp32.","published":"2003-03-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:59:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["symantec/norton antivirus"],"epss":{"score":0.00411,"percentile":0.3504,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0346.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0369.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10475.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/6258","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0346.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0369.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10475.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/6258","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1540","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}