CVE-2002-0421

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

IIS 4.0 allows local users to bypass the "User cannot change password" policy for Windows NT by directly calling .htr password changing programs in the /iisadmpwd directory, including (1) aexp2.htr, (2) aexp2b.htr, (3) aexp3.htr , or (4) aexp4.htr.

IIS 4.0 permite a usuarios locales eludir la restricción de "Los usuarios no pueden cambiar la contraseña" (User cannot change password) para Windows NT invocando directamente los programas de cambio de conrtaseña .htr del directorio /iisadmpwd, incluyendo: aexp2.htr aexp2b.htr aexp3.htr aexp4.htr

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2002-06-07 CVE Reserved
2002-06-11 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8388.php	2008-09-05
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4236	2008-09-05

URL	Date	SRC
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/259963	2008-09-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		server		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		sp1, server		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		sp2, server		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		sp3, server		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		sp4, server		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		sp5, server		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		sp6, server		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		sp6a, server		Affected