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Evidence dossier
CVE-2002-0367
CVE-2002-0367
gen-56ccdaf9Normalized restatement
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.
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Apr 2, 2003
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Evidence coverage
- 85%
2026-07-18 · v2026.06.15 · percentile 91.5%
Distinct CVSS assessments remain side by side; none are averaged.
Source comparison
Who said what
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.
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Probability 0.051880000000; percentile 0.915380000000
Applicability
Cited product scope
[{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]unknowncpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*supportedcpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*supportedcpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:-:*:*:terminal_server:*:*:*supportedAssessments
CVSS by origin
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLimitations and unknowns
- KEV membership is authoritative for the catalog, not proof of exposure in any environment.
- EPSS is a dated model probability and not an individual-environment prediction.
- Affected or fixed status applies only to the exact cited product and version scope; unresolved scope remains unknown.
- NVD-carried upstream facts remain derivative and are not independent corroboration.
- Only NVD metrics validated under the generation-bound calculator are Public Priority eligible; direct CVE record metrics remain display-only.
- NVD CVSS source eligibility is closed: NVD-authored, exact record-source, or registered same-CVE container origin; unmapped sources remain display-only.
- Factor D is unknown in Public Core because no accepted canonical mapping-obligation ledger is present.
- Core replay supports the active and immediately prior generation; retrospective valid-at replay is deferred.