CVE-2002-0367 on CISA KEV

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.

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264441
• marc.info — http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101614320402695&w=2
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4287
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-02…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264927
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262074
• www.iss.net — http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8462.php
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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06Detection

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