CVE-2002-1256 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2002-1256?

CVE-2002-1256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SMB signing capability in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP allows attackers to disable the digital signing settings in an SMB session to force the data to be sent unsigned, then inject data into the session without detection, e.g. by modifying group policy information sent from a domain controller.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1256?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1256?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1256 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-1256 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1256 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
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Also known as GHSA-vh5c-q7x4-mjrx.