CVE-2002-1117 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Veritas Backup Exec 8.5 and earlier requires that the "RestrictAnonymous" registry key for Microsoft Exchange 2000 must be set to 0, which enables anonymous listing of the SAM database and shares.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01752.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Symantec Veritas Subscribe	Backup Exec Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1105	Veritas Backup Exec 8.5 and earlier requires that the "RestrictAnonymous" registry key for Microsoft Exchange 2000 must be set to 0, which enables anonymous listing of the SAM database and shares.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103134395124579&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103134930629683&w=2
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/238618.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/8230
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10093
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1036

History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-09T18:46:45.363Z

Reserved: 2002-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1117

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:12:17.044Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-10-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-10-09T19:16:40.413

Link: CVE-2002-1117

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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