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CVE-2002-0720

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-09-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A handler routine for the Network Connection Manager (NCM) in Windows 2000 allows local users to gain privileges via a complex attack that causes the handler to run in the LocalSystem context with user-specified code.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services: all versions

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9856.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5480
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-042
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A26
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9856.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5480
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-042
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A26

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