CVE-2002-0720 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2002-0720?

CVE-2002-0720 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 2 Apr 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A handler routine for the Network Connection Manager (NCM) in Windows 2000 allows local users to gain privileges via a complex attack that causes the handler to run in the LocalSystem context with user-specified code.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0720?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-0720 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r2hm-q335-v4hf.