Is CVE-2002-0020 actively exploited?

CVE-2002-0020 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2026-04-16.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2002-0020?

CVE-2002-0020 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

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2 products: microsoft interix, microsoft windows 2000.

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

Primary Vendor: MICROSOFT
Published: 3/8/2002
Last Modified: 4/16/2026
Source: NIST NVD
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