CVE-2002-0697 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Metadirectory Services (MMS) 2.2. Remote attackers can directly connect to MMS using an LDAP client, circumventing credential checks and gaining unauthorized access to modify sensitive data. This flaw carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:metadirectory_services:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.