CVE-2002-1790

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The SMTP service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to bypass anti-relaying rules and send spam or spoofed messages via encapsulated SMTP addresses, a similar vulnerability to CVE-1999-0682.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1790 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 34.74%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +15.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1790

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21613 exploit_db edb 2002-07-12 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1790

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-01 19.73% 34.74% +15.02%
2 2025-12-28 17.78% 19.73% +1.94%
3 2025-12-27 — 17.78% —

Full EPSS history (26 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1790

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1790

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1790

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft exchange_server 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft exchange_server 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft exchange_server 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_information_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_information_services 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1790

URL Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/281914 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9580.php Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5213 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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