CVE-2002-0367

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

Windows 2000, Windows Nt

Microsoft Windows 2000

All versions

Microsoft Windows Nt

= 4.0

CVSS 3.1

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

4.9% (92th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-269

NVD status

Analyzed

Published

2003-04-02