CVE-2002-0720: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A handler routine for the Network Connection Manager (NCM) in Windows 2000 allows local users to gain privileges via a complex attack that causes the handler to run in the LocalSystem context with user-specified code.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services: any version

Published 2002-09-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.