CVE-2002-0725
MEDIUMMicrosoft Windows 2000 - Symlink Following
Title source: ruleDescription
NTFS file system in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 SP2 allows local attackers to hide file usage activities via a hard link to the target file, which causes the link to be recorded in the audit trail instead of the target file.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0066
EPSS Percentile
70.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Classification
CWE
CWE-59
Status
draft
Affected Products (2)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_nt
Timeline
Published
Sep 05, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026