# 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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2002-0367
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03; CISA due date 2022-03-24
- EPSS: 4.92% (percentile 92.2)
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB (first 2002-03-13)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-07)
- Weakness: CWE-269
- Published: 2002-06-25

## Affected

- microsoft:windows_2000
- microsoft:windows_nt

## References

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

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