Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0971

RCE

Title: VNC/TightVNC/TridiaVNC Win32 Messaging System privilege escalation

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0971.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Sep 24, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.40%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0971: Vulnerability in VNC, TightVNC, and TridiaVNC allows local users to execute arbitrary code as LocalSystem by using the Win32 Messaging System to bypass the VNC GUI and access the "Add new clients" dialogue box.

Impacted Vendors

tightvnc 1

tridia 1

att 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102994289123085&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9979.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5530 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102994289123085&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9979.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5530

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0971 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 24, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.