CVE-2002-0421

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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 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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows 4.0

First reported 22 years ago

2002-08-12 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp1 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp2 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp3 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp4 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp5 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6a server

4.0

References

20020306 NT user (who is locked changing his/her password by administrator ) can bypass the security policy and Change the password.

Vendor Advisory

winnt-pw-policy-bypass(8388)

Patch, Vendor Advisory

4236

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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