CVE-2002-0736 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft BackOffice 4.0 and 4.5, when configured to be accessible by other systems, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the administrative ASP pages via an HTTP request with an authorization type (auth_type) that is not blank.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 17.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:backoffice:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:backoffice:4.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.17516.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0208.html
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q316/8/38.asp
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8862.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4528

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Backoffice

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.899Z

Reserved: 2002-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0736

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0736

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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