CVE-2002-2324 — The "System Restore" directory and subdirectories, and possibly other subdirectories in the "System Volume Information" directory on Windows XP Professional, have insecure access control list (ACL) permissions, which allows local users to access restricted files and modify registry settings

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HIGH

The "System Restore" directory and subdirectories, and possibly other subdirectories in the "System Volume Information" directory on Windows XP Professional, have insecure access control list (ACL) permissions, which allows local users to access restricted files and modify registry settings

Published Oct 26, 2007

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.77%

Description

The "System Restore" directory and subdirectories, and possibly other subdirectories in the "System Volume Information" directory on Windows XP Professional, have insecure access control list (ACL) permissions, which allows local users to access restricted files and modify registry settings.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.77% 0.01772

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01772

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.77% (0.01772)	77.34th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.70% (0.01705)	74.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.86% (0.00861)	73.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	11.90th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 18, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	10.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	8.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.30% (0.01297)	68.36th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 22, 2023	1.30% (0.01297)	68.07th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.30% (0.01297)	65.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.30% (0.01297)	41.73th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0070.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10279.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5894
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0070.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10279.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5894		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 26, 2007

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Oct 26, 2007

Link CVE-2002-2324

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-2324

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-2324