Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2002-0053
Buffer overflow in SNMP agent service in Windows 95/98/98SE, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a malformed management request. NOTE: this candidate may be split or merged with other candidates. This and other PROTOS-related candidates, especially CVE-2002-0012 and CVE-2002-0013, will be updated when more accurate information is available.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.350 (98.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.350 · newest: 0.350 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
- cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-006 (vendor-advisory)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-03.html (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107186 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:402 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c06/snmpv1/index.html
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/854306 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:209 (signature, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2002-0053?
- CVE-2002-0053 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2002-03-08.
- Is CVE-2002-0053 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.