CVE-2002-0725

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-09-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0

References

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a081602-1.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9869.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5484
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a081602-1.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9869.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5484

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