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CVE-2002-0367: Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03
• EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-06-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-269

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

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101614320402695&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8462.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262074
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264441
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264927
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4287
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-024
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A158
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A76
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101614320402695&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8462.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262074

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