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CVE-2002-0869
Unknown vulnerability in the hosting process (dllhost.exe) for Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 through 5.1 allows remote…
High7.5EPSS 23.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Unknown vulnerability in the hosting process (dllhost.exe) for Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 through 5.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by executing an out of process application that acquires LocalSystem privileges, aka "Out of Process Privilege Elevation."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.6% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:929 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.li0n.pe.kr/eng/advisory/ms/iis_impersonation.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20021104 [A3SC] MS IIS out of process privilege elevation vulnerability(A3CR@K-Vul-2002-06-002) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- iis-outofprocess-privilege-elevation(10502) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- N-011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- MS02-062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20021104 [A3SC] MS IIS out of process privilege elevation vulnerability(A3CR@K-Vul-2002-06-002) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_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)
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