CVE-2002-0421 (GCVE-0-2002-0421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-06-11 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:49
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8388.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/259963 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4236 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2002-03-06 00:00
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