CVE-2002-2028

medium

Description

The screensaver on Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and 2002 does not verify if a domain account has already been locked when a valid password is provided, which makes it easier for users with physical access to conduct brute force password guessing.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3933

http://www.heysoft.de/nt/lbh.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3BEN-US%3Bq188700

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/01/msg00278.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01101