CVE-2002-1230

Exp

NetDDE Agent on Windows NT 4.0, 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows local users to execute arbitrary code as LocalSystem via "shatter" style attack by sending a WM_COPYDATA message followed by a WM_TIMER message, as demonstrated by GetAd, aka "Flaw in Windows WM_TIMER Message Handling Could Enable Privilege Elevation."

Published: 2002-11-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1230 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.07%). 10 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1230

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21923 exploit_db edb 2002-10-09 Exploit-DB ↗
21922 exploit_db edb 2002-10-09 Exploit-DB ↗
21691 exploit_db edb 2002-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
21690 exploit_db edb 2002-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
21689 exploit_db edb 2002-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
21688 exploit_db edb 2002-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
21687 exploit_db edb 2002-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
21686 exploit_db edb 2002-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
21685 exploit_db edb 2002-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗
21684 exploit_db edb 2002-08-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1230

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-07 0.79% 1.07% +0.28%
2 2025-10-23 1.40% 0.79% -0.61%
3 2025-10-01 — 1.40% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1230

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1230

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1230

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000_terminal_services — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000_terminal_services — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000_terminal_services — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000_terminal_services — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1230

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