CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0070

7.6 HIGH Published 2002-03-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-03-15
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Windows Shell (used as the Windows Desktop) allows local and possibly remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a custom URL handler that has not been removed for an application that has been improperly uninstalled.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows 98 • microsoft windows 98se • microsoft windows nt 4.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References