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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-036 - Authentication Flaw in Microsoft Metadirectory Services Could Allow Privilege Elevation. A flaw exists that could enable an unprivileged user to access and manipulate data within Microsoft Metadirectory Services (MMS) that should, by design, only be accessible to MMS administrators. Specifically, it is possible for an unprivileged user to connect to the MMS data repository via an LDAP client in such a way as to bypass certain security checks. This could enable an attacker to modify data within the MMS data repository, either for the purpose of changing the MMS configuration or replicating bogus data to the other data repositories.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-036 - Authentication Flaw in Microsoft Metadirectory Services Could Allow Privilege Elevation. A flaw exists that could enable an unprivileged user to access and manipulate data within Microsoft Metadirectory Services (MMS) that should, by design, only be accessible to MMS administrators. Specifically, it is possible for an unprivileged user to connect to the MMS data repository via an LDAP client in such a way as to bypass certain security checks. This could enable an attacker to modify data within the MMS data repository, either for the purpose of changing the MMS configuration or replicating bogus data to the other data repositories.