CVE-2002-1790 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass anti-relaying rules in IIS SMTP to send spam or spoofed messages via encapsulated addresses.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2002-1790?

CVE-2002-1790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 28 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SMTP service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to bypass anti-relaying rules and send spam or spoofed messages via encapsulated SMTP addresses, a similar vulnerability to CVE-1999-0682.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1790?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1790?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1790 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-1790 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1790 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q27r-qgw3-47hx.

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