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CVE-2002-0018

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0018 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 where a trusting domain fails to properly validate SIDs received from a trusted domain. This allows remote attackers to inject SIDs from untrusted domains, leading to Domain Administrator privileges on the trusting domain. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and allowing complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1640 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-001
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/8023
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A159
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A64
securityfocus.com / bid/3997