CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-03-03, due 2022-03-24
- CWE
- CWE-269
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_2000
- microsoft:windows_nt