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TI-2002-01144 Aliases CVE-2002-1183GHSA-c4v9-9c8q-335m

Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 do not properly verify the Basic Constraints of…

Priority MEDIUM 51Published · 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

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).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.1934 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 · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1183
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c4v9-9c8q-335m

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2005-00046 Buffer overflow in the Message Queuing component of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00502 Stack-based buffer overflow in certain Active Directory service functions in LSASRV.DLL… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2005-01146 Integer overflow in Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, XP SP2 and earlier, and Server 2003 SP1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00185 Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Explorer on Windows XP SP1, WIndows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00663 Buffer overflow in the Private Communications Transport (PCT) protocol implementation in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00172 Heap-based buffer overflow in the HtmlHelp program (hh.exe) in HTML Help for Microsoft… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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