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TI-2002-00017 Aliases CVE-2002-0020GHSA-mxwp-93pm-95mr

Buffer overflow in telnet server in Windows 2000 and Interix 2.2 allows remote attackers…

Priority MEDIUM 50Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Buffer overflow in telnet server in Windows 2000 and Interix 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed protocol options.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.16946 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:interix:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:interix:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0020
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mxwp-93pm-95mr

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2004-00181 The POSIX component of Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows local users to… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2009-00517 Integer overflow in the fts_build function in fts.c in libc in (1) OpenBSD 4.4 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9

Sources

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