Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000

CVE-2002-2077

The DCOM client in Windows 2000 before SP3 does not properly clear memory before sending an "alter context" request, which may allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the session.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.159 (96.8th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.8% 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-2002-2077: held from 0.159 to 0.159.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.159 · newest: 0.159 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-2077?
CVE-2002-2077 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2002-12-31.
Is CVE-2002-2077 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.