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.
This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows
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3/3/2022
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0367
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This vulnerability has a 4.92% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.
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