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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…
High7.6EPSS 18.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.5% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- MS02-014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20020311 ADVISORY: Windows Shell Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020312 ADVISORY: Windows Shell Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:147 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- win-shell-bo(8384) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .