Microsoft Windows up to XP Registry Audit Policy privileges management
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.1 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows up to XP (Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Registry Audit Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A Windows NT system s registry audit policy does not log an event success or failure for non-critical registry keys.
The weakness was presented 01/01/1999. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0579. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/21/2019). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (228). See 13833, 14356 and 14357 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
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VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Timeline
01/01/1999 🔍01/01/1999 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0579 (🔍)
X-Force: 228
Vulnerability Center: 4273 - Windows NT System\x27s Registry Audit Policy (Non-Critical Registry Keys), Info
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entry
Created: 06/20/2014 00:57Updated: 05/21/2019 14:25
Changes: 06/20/2014 00:57 (39), 05/21/2019 14:25 (16)
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