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CVE-2002-2077
The DCOM client in Windows 2000 before SP3 does not properly clear memory before sending an "alter context" request, which may allow…
Medium5.0EPSS 15.9%
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- mitre
Description
The DCOM client in Windows 2000 before SP3 does not properly clear memory before sending an "alter context" request, which may allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the session.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.9% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 4410 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020402 Windows 2000 DCOM clients may leak sensitive information onto the network (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BINDVIEWx_transferred
- Q300367 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- win2k-dcom-memory-leak(8739) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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