Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1790
CVE-2002-1790
Description
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.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 4.0, 5.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5213nvdExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/281914nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9580.phpnvdBroken Link
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.