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Vulnerability Assessment Details

LDAP over SSL could allow passwords to be changed (Q299687)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains whether the hotfix Q287397 is installed

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

A bug in Windows 2000 may permit a possible hacker to change the password of a third
party user.

Description :

The remote version of Windows 2000 contains a bug in its LDAP implementation
which fails to validate the permissions of a user requesting to change the
password of a third party user.

A possible hacker may exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the
remote host.

Solution :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-036.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

Critical / CVSS Base Score : 10
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/A:C/I:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 2929

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