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CVE-2002-0367

CVE-2002-0367HIGH

n/a n/a — Microsoft Windows

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  H  H    7.8   .0492   91.9   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  May 8   Reserved by mitre
  Apr 2   Published (CNA: mitre)
  Mar 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-03-24

CWE-269 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 10 references · KEV due March 24, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
May 8, 2002	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
April 2, 2003	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
March 3, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-03-24

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-269

References (10)

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101614320402695&w=2 [mailing-list, x_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8462.php [vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262074 [mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264441 [mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264927 [mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4287 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-024 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A158 [vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A76 [vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2002-0367 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2002-0367 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-269

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