CVE-2002-0367
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.
Attention and evidence
Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded
Hype components
Sources and documents
Score evolution
● Hype ● Reality
Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.
First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.2 (2026-11-02 15:11). The curve appears once the score changes.
Public exploit evidence
Public exploit entries / repo candidates
Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.
Evidence context and dated references
Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.
Evidence in context
- Confidence in exploitation evidence
- Exploitation recorded
- Priority basis
- Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 4.9%
- Attention, last 30 days
- 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
- Technical potential
- local access, low privileges, no user interaction.
- Observed activity
- Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
- Known scale
- Not quantified.
- Evidence confidence basis
- Trusted exploitation confirmation
Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:56:44.552716+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z