CVE-2002-0049 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, where the System Attendant service incorrectly grants "Everyone" group read and modify access to the WinReg registry key. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to potentially alter or view sensitive registry configurations. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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