CVE-2002-1230 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2002-1230?

CVE-2002-1230 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NetDDE Agent on Windows NT 4.0, 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows local users to execute arbitrary code as LocalSystem via "shatter" style attack by sending a WM_COPYDATA message followed by a WM_TIMER message, as demonstrated by GetAd, aka "Flaw in Windows WM_TIMER Message Handling Could Enable Privilege Elevation."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1230?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2002-1230?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1230 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-1230 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1230 exists.

Public exploit code: 10 Exploit-DB entries.

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-48m5-rj8r-v57w.