CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0725

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2002-09-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-09-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows nt 4.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (4)

  • CWE-221 Information Loss or Omission weakness
  • CWE-224 Obscured Security-relevant Information by Alternate Name weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
  • CWE-65 Windows Hard Link weakness

References