CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0367

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2002-06-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Microsoft Windows

smss.exe debugging subsystem in Microsoft Windows does not properly authenticate programs that connect to other programs, which allows local users to gain administrator or SYSTEM privileges.

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Remediation due
2022-03-24
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0367
Status
Analyzed
Published
2002-06-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-269

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows nt 4.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-302 Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data weakness

References