# CVE-2002-1749: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Attackers can gain administrator privileges by exploiting a session lock failure in Windows 2000 Terminal Services during idle disconnection.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jun 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m99v-4cr6-6vfj

## What is CVE-2002-1749?

CVE-2002-1749 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 21 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Windows 2000 Terminal Services, when using the disconnect feature of the client, does not properly lock itself if it is left idle until the screen saver activates and the user disconnects, which could allow attackers to gain administrator privileges.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1749?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Windows 2000.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-1749?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1749 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-1749 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

- [CVE-2008-4250](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4250/): Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-0232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0232/): Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2009-1123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1123/): Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2002-0367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0367/): Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-0269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0269/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1749 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-1749 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 21 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows 2000. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1749/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1749/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1749
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1749
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1749

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