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CVE-2002-0725

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0725 describes a vulnerability in the NTFS file system of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 SP2, allowing local attackers to obscure file usage in audit logs. By creating a hard link to a target file, the link's activity is recorded instead of the actual file, potentially hiding malicious actions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and has a high impact on integrity, as it can mislead audit trails. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

atstake.com / research/advisories/2000/a081602-1.txt
Broken Link
iss.net / security_center/static/9869.php
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/5484
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry