CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1230

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2002-11-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-11-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

NetDDE Agent on Windows NT 4.0, 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows local users to execute arbitrary code as LocalSystem via "shatter" style attack by sending a WM_COPYDATA message followed by a WM_TIMER message, as demonstrated by GetAd, aka "Flaw in Windows WM_TIMER Message Handling Could Enable Privilege Elevation."

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows 2000 terminal services

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-422 Unprotected Windows Messaging Channel weakness

References