Microsoft Windows up to XP Registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT privileges management
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.1 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to XP (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Registry Handler. The manipulation of the argument HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key in a Windows NT system has inappropriate, system-critical permissions.
The weakness was published 01/01/1999. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0581. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 05/09/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
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 (23). Similar entries are available at 14362, 14361, 14359 and 14358.
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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
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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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06/19/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0581 (🔍)
X-Force: 23
Vulnerability Center: 961 - Any user can write HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entry
Created: 06/20/2014 00:59Updated: 05/09/2019 16:55
Changes: 06/20/2014 00:59 (40), 05/09/2019 16:55 (16)
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