Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows 2000

CVE-2002-0070

Buffer overflow in Windows Shell (used as the Windows Desktop) allows local and possibly remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a custom URL handler that has not been removed for an application that has been improperly uninstalled.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.185 (97.2th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2002-0070: held from 0.185 to 0.185.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.185 · newest: 0.185 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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