CVE-2002-0054

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0054
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-03-08 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionSMTP service in (1) Microsoft Windows 2000 and (2) Internet Mail Connector (IMC) in Exchange Server 5.5 does not properly handle responses to NTLM authentication, which allows remote attackers to perform mail relaying via an SMTP AUTH command using null session credentials.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-294 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 - All All
Application Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 - sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-011 - Low | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Windows SMTP Service Authorization Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
'IIS SMTP component allows mail relaying via Null Session' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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