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CVE-2002-0020

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 16.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in telnet server in Windows 2000 and Interix 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed protocol options.

Affected products

• Microsoft Interix: 2.2
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8094.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4061
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-004
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A424
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8094.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4061
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-004
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A424

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