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CVE-2002-0971

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerability in VNC, TightVNC, and TridiaVNC allows local users to execute arbitrary code as LocalSystem by using the Win32 Messaging System to bypass the VNC GUI and access the "Add new clients" dialogue box.

Affected products

• Att Winvnc Server: through 3.3.3_r9; 3.3.3_r7
• Kaspersky TightVNC: 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.5
• Tridiavnc: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.4

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102994289123085&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9979.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5530
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102994289123085&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9979.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5530

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