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CVE-2002-1183 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 19.3% (pctl 97)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 do not properly verify the Basic Constraints of digital certificates, allowing remote attackers to execute code, aka "New Variant of Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing" (CAN-2002-0862).

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS19.34% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2002-12-11
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (3)

VendorProduct
microsoftwindows 98
microsoftwindows 98se
microsoftwindows nt

Public exploits

References

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