CVE-2002-0725

5.5
MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 Base Score
1.20%
LOW RiskEPSS (67th percentile)

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.

Published: 9/5/2002
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2 Score

4.6

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

1.20%LOW Exploitation Risk
67th percentile

This vulnerability has a 1.20% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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