CVE-2002-1790 describes a vulnerability in the SMTP service of Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) versions 4.0 and 5.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass anti-relaying rules by using encapsulated SMTP addresses, enabling them to send spam or spoofed messages. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in partial integrity impact without requiring authentication. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit (EDB-21613) exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.