Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt
CVE-2002-0421
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.200 (97.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.200 · newest: 0.200 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Nt — versions 4.0
References
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8388.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/259963 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4236 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)