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.
- Published Jun 25, 2002
- CVSS 7.8 high
- 4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- In CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Public exploit code is available
- A fix is available