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CVE-2001-0502

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Running Windows 2000 LDAP Server over SSL, a function does not properly check the permissions of a user request when the directory principal is a domain user and the data attribute is the domain password, which allows local users to modify the login password of other users.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-101.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2929
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-036
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6745
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-101.shtml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2929
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-036
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6745

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