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CVE-2002-0724

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0724 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the SMB protocol affecting Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, and XP. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted SMB_COM_TRANSACTION packet requesting specific network share enumerations. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector and potential for complete system unavailability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.

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_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
25.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21746 · Aug 22, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2569 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-045
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A189
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/250635
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/311619
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/342243
US Government Resource