CVE-2002-0443 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2002-0443?

CVE-2002-0443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Microsoft Windows 2000 allows local users to bypass the policy that prohibits reusing old passwords by changing the current password before it expires, which does not enable the check for previous passwords.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0443?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0443?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0443 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-0443 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0443 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-phm3-6pw9-8v3j.