CVE-2002-0049

Exchange Server vulnerability

CVSS

6.4

EPSS

13.3%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 System Attendant gives "Everyone" group privileges to the WinReg key, which could allow remote attackers to read or modify registry keys.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Exchange Server

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Published

2002-03-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 13.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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