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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2002-1230 json

NetDDE Agent on Windows NT 4.0, 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows local users to execute arbitrary code as L…

published 2002-11-04 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1214

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
10
Exploit-DB

Summary

NetDDE Agent on Windows NT 4.0, 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows local users to execute arbitrary code as LocalSystem via "shatter" style attack by sending a WM_COPYDATA message followed by a WM_TIMER message, as demonstrated by GetAd, aka "Flaw in Windows WM_TIMER Message Handling Could Enable Privilege Elevation."

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21691)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21923 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - NetDDE Privilege Escalation (2) local, 2002-10-09
  • EDB-21922 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - NetDDE Privilege Escalation (1) local, 2002-10-09
  • EDB-21691 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - Window Message Subsystem Design Error (8) local, 2002-08-06
  • EDB-21690 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - Window Message Subsystem Design Error (7) local, 2002-08-06
  • EDB-21689 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - Window Message Subsystem Design Error (6) local, 2002-08-06
  • EDB-21688 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - Window Message Subsystem Design Error (5) local, 2002-08-06
  • EDB-21687 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - Window Message Subsystem Design Error (4) local, 2002-08-06
  • EDB-21686 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - Window Message Subsystem Design Error (3) local, 2002-08-06
  • EDB-21685 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - Window Message Subsystem Design Error (2) local, 2002-08-06
  • EDB-21684 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 - Window Message Subsystem Design Error (1) local, 2002-08-06

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.