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CVE-2002-0051

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-04-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-667

Description

Windows 2000 allows local users to prevent the application of new group policy settings by opening Group Policy files with exclusive-read access.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244329
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4438
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-016
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A38
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244329
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4438
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-016
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A38

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